Component Effects (Human being –
environment) I electronics
Lead: Lead can cause:
 anaemia
 Kidney damage
 abortions
 damage of nervous systems
 Brain damage
Cadmium: This causes the excretion of essential
proteins and sugars from the body and
further kidney damage. It takes a very long
time before cadmium that has accumulated
in kidneys is excreted from a human body.
Organotins: can enter the environment in industrial
wastewater, by evaporating from places
where phthalate has been discarded,
directly from consumer products, during the
burning of plastic products and in landfill
leaching liquids in which it can reach the
ground, bodies of water and groundwater.
BFRs: BFRs have an inhibiting effect on the
combustion of organic materials, because
of that in the pass of the years it have
caused so many fires making that people
die.
Phthalates: The health effects of exposure to phthalates
are,
phthalate is an endocrine disruptor and can
cause cancer.Some phthalates may affect
human reproduction or development.
Mercury: Mercury can damage human health
because it is toxic to the nervous system, the
brain and spinal cord particularly the
developing nervous system of a fetus or
young child.
Is included in these
It is include in electronic devices such
as:
 Tv model power supply
adapter
 Computers
 Cellphones
It is included in this electronic devicesc:
 Nickel cadmiun battery
 In old computers
 Nickel cadmiun recharger
battery
They are mainly used to produce
polyvinyl chloride or flexible and
malleable vinyl. Phthalates are used in
hundreds of products present in our
homes, hospitals, cars and businesses.
It is used in:
 electronics include
connectors and relays, and
wire and cable insulation
 used in electronics and the
“whack-a-chemical” trend in
government regulation of
halogenated FRs.
They are included in the plastic
covering the cables, the boots and the
cars
Mercury is include in most of smart
devices
 Cellphones
 Computers

PVC: PVC i’s not biodegradable e. Items made
from PVC retain their form for decades and
the breakdown that occurs is just
granulation the pieces simply become
smaller. Animals can ingest these pieces
and the plastic can block their digestive
tracts.
Chromium: High concentrations of chromium can
damage the gills of fish that swim near the
point of disposal.
In animals chromium can cause respiratory
problems, a lower ability to fight disease,
birth defects, infertility and tumor formation.
Beryllium: The most commonly effect of beryllium is
called berylliosis is a dangerous lung
disorder that can also damage other organs,
as the heart. In about 20% of all cases
people die of this disease. Breathing in
beryllium in the workplace is what causes
berylliosis.
 TV
 Usb
They are included in the plastic
covering the cables, the boots and the
cars
Chromium is included in
 Cellphones
 Some computers
 In old tv
Beryllium is used as a moderator in
nuclear reactors. Beryllium is alloyed
with copper to form a wear resistant
material, known as beryllium bronze,
used in gyroscopes and other devices
where wear resistance is important.