Overlapping vulnerabilities in workers of the electronics recycling industry formal sector: A commentary.
Overlapping vulnerabilities in workers of the electronics recycling industry formal sector: A commentary.
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10.1002/ajim.23173
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发表时间：
2020-11
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Labrèche F
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作者：
Ceballos DM;Côté D;Bakhiyi B;Flynn MA;Zayed J;Gravel S;Herrick RF;Labrèche F
全球范围内非正规部门从事电子产品回收（电子回收）的工人的脆弱性已得到充分记录。然而，正规部门不断增长的电子回收行业仍然给保护工人的健康及其环境带来了许多挑战。本评论旨在提请人们注意高收入国家电子回收行业正规部门工人面临的被忽视的脆弱性，并讨论这些工人所经历的健康不平等的潜在影响。扩大脆弱性的定义，不仅限于对化学和物理接触的生物敏感性，电子回收正规部门工人的人口特征往往揭示出已知在职业接触和健康影响方面处于不利地位的社会群体，包括年轻工人、移民或少数族裔，以及有精神或身体健康问题或残疾的工人。电子回收行业的重叠结构脆弱性源于其新颖性、工作条件、就业条件以及劳动力的社会人口特征。高收入国家的这种现象不仅仅局限于电子回收行业。相反，它是更普遍的宏观社会经济现象的症状。目前的挑战与新的零工和绿色经济以及全球市场的变化及其对固体废物行业的影响是一致的。继续努力加强将健康的社会方面纳入电子回收工人所遇到的结构性脆弱性的复杂相互作用中，对于预测和预防这一重要但仍在新兴的劳动力中的健康问题至关重要。
Vulnerabilities in workers performing electronics recycling (e-recycling) in the informal sector worldwide have been well documented. However, the growing e-recycling industry in the formal sector still brings many challenges to protect the health of workers and their environment. This commentary aims to draw attention to the overlooked vulnerabilities faced by the workers of the e-recycling industry formal sector in high-income countries and discuss the potential impact on health inequalities experienced by these workers. Expanding the definition of vulnerability, not limited to the biological susceptibility to chemical and physical exposures, the demographic characteristics of workers in the e-recycling formal sector often reveal social groups known to be disadvantaged regarding occupational exposures and health effects, including young workers, immigrant or ethnic minorities, and workers with mental or physical health issues or disabilities. Overlapping structural vulnerabilities of the e-recycling industry stem from its newness, its working conditions, its conditions of employment, and the sociodemographic characteristics of its workforce. This phenomenon in high-income countries is not restricted to the e-recycling industry alone. It is rather a symptom of more generalized macro socioeconomical phenomena. The present challenges are in line with the new gig and green economies and changes in the global market, and their consequences on the solid waste sector. Continued efforts to strengthen the inclusion of social aspects of health into the complex interaction of the structural vulnerabilities met by e-recycling workers will be essential to anticipate and prevent health issues in this essential but still emerging workforce.
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