Effects of heavy metals in the e-waste on Human Health:

When cell phones are improperly recycled or end up in landfills, it ultimately causes negative effects to nearly every system in the human body. Mobile phones contain harmful toxins including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, chlorine and bromine, which can leak into the groundwater and bioaccumulate in the food chain causing detrimental damage to the soil, water supply, vegetation, animals and humans.

Lead :  cause damage to the reproductive, blood and nervous systems.Mercury :  Mercury exposure contributes to brain and kidney damage.Arsenic : In high doses, arsenic poisoning is lethal. Low levels of exposure cause negative impacts on skin, liver, nervous and respiratory systems.Cadmium :  It has also been linked to kidney damage.Chlorine :  Exposure to improperly disposed chlorine causes tissue damage and the destruction of cell structure.Bromine Studies have shown that bromine contributes to the disruption in the thyroid hormone balance, brain damage and cancer.