Lead exposure assessment from study near a lead-acid battery factory in China

Biological Responses in the EarthwormEisenia fetidaExposed to Soils near a Typical Lead Acid Battery Plant

“…China provides the largest lead-acid batteries markets and total consumption in world (Tian et al 2014). However, many lead acid battery plants in China are lack of production permission certificate and pollutant control devices, which result in large proportion of local pollution and lead poisoning incidents (Chen et al 2012b;Cao et al 2015).…”

“…These toxic metals could enter into soil, water and air, and finally enter into body through both directly and indirectly exposure pathways (Granero and Domingo 2002;Wang and Stuanes 2003). Many studies have addressed on the Pb pollution around battery-related factories by environmental assessment methods (Onianwa and Fakayode 2000;Chen et al 2012b). However, the biological effects of this environmental pollution were rarely studied.…”

Recovery of lead from lead paste in spent lead acid battery by hydrometallurgical desulfurization and vacuum thermal reduction

“…With the rapid development of economy and improvement of people's living standard, the number of automobile per capita is increasing quickly in China. The growth in the demand of lead acid batteries, due to the increase in the number of automotive vehicles, more and more stringent environmental regulations, created the need to design processes for both batteries production and lead recycling in order to minimize their impact on the environment and human health (Kuijp et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2012).…”

Assessment of lead bioaccessibility in soils around lead battery plants in East China

“…These lead battery factories, whose production covered about one-third of total output in the world, are a significant source of pollution and much higher Pb concentrations have been reported close to lead battery facilities (Chen et al, 2012). Lead concentrations ranged from 50.2 to 9140 mg kg À1 within 500 m of a lead-acid battery factory in Guangdong, China (Chen et al, 2012), and ranged from 304 to 602 mg kg À1 in the vicinity of a lead battery plant in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey (Kaya and Yaman, 2012).…”

“…These lead battery factories, whose production covered about one-third of total output in the world, are a significant source of pollution and much higher Pb concentrations have been reported close to lead battery facilities (Chen et al, 2012). Lead concentrations ranged from 50.2 to 9140 mg kg À1 within 500 m of a lead-acid battery factory in Guangdong, China (Chen et al, 2012), and ranged from 304 to 602 mg kg À1 in the vicinity of a lead battery plant in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey (Kaya and Yaman, 2012). Xue et al (2014) using the positive matrix factorization and geo-statistical approach, partitioned the variances into sources related to lead battery plants, soil background, and agronomic practices, and the lead battery plant was estimated contributing 55.37% for Pb of the total source within a 1-km radius of a lead battery plant.…”