Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Feng, Zhaohui3; Wang, Lingqing3; Liang, Tao3; Dai, Lijun3; Yang, Xiao3; Zhou, Guangjin4,5; Huan, Yizhong6,7; Wang, Peng1; Li, Wenxian9; Hughes, Alice C.8 |
| 刊名 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2025-12-19 |
| 卷号 | N/A |
| 关键词 | cobalt mining and processing environmental impact assessment human health risks forest loss biodiversitythreats landscape ecological risk |
| ISSN号 | 0013-936X |
| DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.5c14440 |
| 产权排序 | 1 |
| 文献子类 | Article ; Early Access |
| 英文摘要 | Cobalt (Co) is essential for clean energy development, but its extraction and processing have significant environmental and human health costs. We conducted an innovative assessment of the global environmental impacts of cobalt mining and the human health risks associated with mining and processing. We discovered that mining increased deforestation in tropical countries, particularly in South America and Africa with the affected areas of 309.41 and 134.11 km2. Oceania faced a considerable threat to biodiversity due to having the largest proportions (36.58%) and the largest mining area (409.55 km2) within protected areas. The protected area in northern South America (It index = 1316.93) had the highest level of biodiversity threat. The impact of mining on landscape integrity declined with increasing distance from mining areas in Asia, Europe, and North America. Meta-analysis highlighted the serious health risks from cobalt exposure, with miners (urine effect size 3.31) and metal workers (hair and nail effect sizes 5.76 and 5.60) showing significantly elevated Co levels. Children and women were particularly vulnerable to cobalt exposure. Our study quantified the forest loss, biodiversity threat, and landscape disturbance of cobalt mining and the health risks of Co exposure, underpinning the rebound in environmental fragility amid an energy transition. |
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| WOS关键词 | LAND-COVER ; METAANALYSIS ; FOREST ; AREAS |
| WOS研究方向 | Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001643596100001 |
| 出版者 | AMER CHEMICAL SOC |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/219529]  |
| 专题 | 陆地表层格局与模拟院重点实验室_外文论文 |
| 通讯作者 | Wang, Lingqing |
| 作者单位 | 1.Inst Urban Environm, Xiamen 361021, Peoples R China; 2.Vienna Univ Econ & Business, Inst Ecol Econ, A-1020 Vienna, Austria 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; 4.Minist Ecol & Environm, Satellite Applicat Ctr Ecol & Environm, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China; 5.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; 6.China Agr Univ, Coll Humanities & Dev Studies, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; 7.China Agr Univ, Coll Int Dev & Global Agr, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; 8.Univ Hong Kong, Sch Biol Sci, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China; 9.Univ New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia; |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Feng, Zhaohui,Wang, Lingqing,Liang, Tao,et al. Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,2025,N/A. |
| APA | Feng, Zhaohui.,Wang, Lingqing.,Liang, Tao.,Dai, Lijun.,Yang, Xiao.,...&Giljum, Stefan.(2025).Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,N/A. |
| MLA | Feng, Zhaohui,et al."Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY N/A(2025). |
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