• Soil pollution at a major West African E-waste recycling site: Contamination pathways and implications for potential mitigation strategies 

      Möckel, Claudia; Breivik, Knut; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sankoh, Alhaji; Jones, Kevin C.; Sweetman, Andrew (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-25)
      Organic contaminants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and chlorinated paraffins (CPs)) and heavy metals and metalloids (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Zn) were analysed in surface soil samples from the Agbogbloshie e-waste processing and dumping site in Accra (Ghana). In order to identify which of the pollutants ...