Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements In Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health: The Dark Side of the Burgeoning of Technology

• Main Authors: Chiara Frazzoli (Author), Beatrice Bocca (Author), Beatrice Battistini (Author), Flavia Ruggieri (Author), Joaquim Rovira (Author), Cecilia Nwadiuto Amadi (Author), Samuel James Offor (Author), Orish E Orisakwe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite steady progress in the development and promotion of the circular economy as a model, an overwhelming proportion of technological devices discarded by the Global North still finds its way to the Global South, where technology-related environmental health problems start from the predation of r...