Waste pickers exposed to discarded electronics, aluminum and metal cans have up to four times higher levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium in their blood than the wider population, a study has found ...

Understanding E-Waste, Health Risks, and Sustainable Alternatives. The prevalence of toxic chemicals in headphones and consumer elec ...

A new study may give electronics and battery recyclers an additional reason to be vigilant in their handling of nickel-cadmium batteries and other cadmium sources. Cadmium has long been considered ...

The site of a Tennessee landfill abandoned by a prominent Nashville entrepreneur in April is now testing positive for unsafe levels of the cancer-causing metal, cadmium. Groundwater tests at the ...