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Introduction
Hien Thi Thu Ngo, MSc, PhD., currently works as a senior lecturer and public health researcher at the Faculty of Public Health, Phenikaa University, Ha Noi, Vietnam. Her ongoing research concentrates on several areas, including e-waste, exposure to heavy metals, exposure assessment, children's environmental health, risk assessment and management in occupational and environmental health, communication and promotion of occupational and environmental health, and mental health.
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August 2008 - present
Thang Long University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Lecturer
Education
August 2016 - August 2020
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E-waste has emerged as a fast-growing solid waste, posing significant environmental risks to health and the environment. Besides containing potentially hazardous materials, e-waste was also considered a valuable resource as it contains metals that can be extracted for reuse. Inappropriate or unsafe handling of e-waste through informal processing to...
BACKGROUND AND AIM: The small and micro-small sized enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role in creating jobs, increasing local income, and reducing poverty in rural areas in Vietnam, they also pose challenges to the environment, the local economies, and to public health. This study was carried out to 1) enhance understanding and skills in applying erg...
BACKGROUND AND AIM[|]Residents in trading villages may experience heightened stress due to the combination of severe environmental pollution and economic pressure caused by COVID-19 outbreaks in Vietnam. However, very few studies addressing mental health issues among these populations. The objective of this study was to assess self-reported depress...
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Vietnam is confronted with approximately 10 million tons of asbestos cement, classified as hazardous waste, which poses significant risks to both the environment and public health. This study is to review briefly the current usage of asbestos, asbestos waste handling and disposal, and related legislation in Vietnam.
METHOD: A na...
Heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), and lead (Pb) pose significant health risks, particularly in Asia, where rice is a staple for nearly three billion people. Despite their known dangers and environmental prevalence, studies addressing their concentrations in rice across different regions and the associated health implications remain i...
This study aimed to assess the levels of six heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Ni) in surface soils collected from five informal e-waste processing sites at Alaba International Market Lagos State. A total of 25 soil samples from distinct locations were analyzed for these metals following digestion through standard methods, subsequently estimating t...
Informal electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling activities contribute to releasing hazardous compounds in the environment and potential exposure to humans and their health. These hazardous compounds include persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals. This review searched papers addressing hazardou...
Attempts were made to assess the contributions of different pathways of heavy metal exposure to the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks based on the field samplings and questionnaire surveys of children residing in an informal e-waste processing village and a reference village in Viet Nam. The results showed that the ingestion of cooked rice co...
The increasing accumulation of pharmaceuticals in aquatic ecosystems could impair freshwater quality and threaten human health. Despite the adsorption of pharmaceuticals on biochars is one of the most cost-effective and eco-friendly removal methods, the wide variation of experimental designs and research aims among previous studies pose significant...
This study was conducted to compare the exposure levels of five heavy metals via different pathways based on the field samplings and questionnaire surveys of children residing in an informal e-waste processing village and a reference village in Viet Nam. The findings revealed that levels of the total average daily intake (ADI) of the five heavy met...
This study aimed to describe mental health service utilization and examine associated factors among students in Vietnam. Data were collected at eight universities in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2018 using an administered questionnaire. The total number of participants was 9,120 (95.1% response rate). Among students participating in our survey, 12.5% (95% CI...
Inappropriate handlings of informal e-waste processing have increasingly become a global environmental and public health issue of concern. This study was conducted to quantify the concentrations of five heavy metals found in the environmental media at an exposed village and a reference village in Northern Vietnam. The correlations between a pair of...
This study was carried out to compare the concentration of heavy metals in blood and DNA damage among children living in an informal e-waste processing village (exposed village) and a reference village in Northern Vietnam. The results revealed that the blood levels of nickel and arsenic in the children at the exposed village were significantly high...
