Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies
The rapid growth of new electronics and energy technologies requires the use of rare elements of the periodic table. For many of these elements, little is known about their environmental behavior or human health impacts. This is true for indium and gallium, two technology critical elements. Increase...
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| description | The rapid growth of new electronics and energy technologies requires the use of rare elements of the periodic table. For many of these elements, little is known about their environmental behavior or human health impacts. This is true for indium and gallium, two technology critical elements. Increased environmental concentrations of both indium and gallium create the potential for increased environmental exposure, though little is known about the extent of this exposure. Evidence is mounting that indium and gallium can have substantial toxicity, including in occupational settings where indium lung disease has been recognized as a potentially fatal disease caused by the inhalation of indium particles. This paper aims to review the basic chemistry, changing environmental concentrations, potential for human exposure, and known health effects of indium and gallium. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1198012022-09-27T17:47:08Z Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies Shine, James P. White, Sarah Jane O'Connell Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences White, Sarah Jane O'Connell The rapid growth of new electronics and energy technologies requires the use of rare elements of the periodic table. For many of these elements, little is known about their environmental behavior or human health impacts. This is true for indium and gallium, two technology critical elements. Increased environmental concentrations of both indium and gallium create the potential for increased environmental exposure, though little is known about the extent of this exposure. Evidence is mounting that indium and gallium can have substantial toxicity, including in occupational settings where indium lung disease has been recognized as a potentially fatal disease caused by the inhalation of indium particles. This paper aims to review the basic chemistry, changing environmental concentrations, potential for human exposure, and known health effects of indium and gallium. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (EES Fellowship GEO-1215894) 2018-12-20T18:39:54Z 2018-12-20T18:39:54Z 2016-10 2018-12-14T04:46:05Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2196-5412 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119801 White, Sarah Jane O., and James P. Shine. “Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies.” Current Environmental Health Reports 3, no. 4 (October 1, 2016): 459–467. en https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-016-0118-8 Current Environmental Health Reports Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Springer International Publishing AG application/pdf Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing |
| spellingShingle | Shine, James P. White, Sarah Jane O'Connell Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title | Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title_full | Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title_fullStr | Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title_short | Exposure Potential and Health Impacts of Indium and Gallium, Metals Critical to Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies |
| title_sort | exposure potential and health impacts of indium and gallium metals critical to emerging electronics and energy technologies |
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