Toxic Metals in a Green Transition: Global Health Risks, Sources, and Policy Responses—Insights from the Munich Toxic Metals Symposium 2025
グリーン移行における有害金属：世界的な健康リスク、発生源、政策対応—2025年ミュンヘン有害金属シンポジウムからの洞察 (AI 翻訳)
Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Stefan Rakete, Philip J. Landrigan, Johanna Elbel, M. Nordberg, G. Nordberg, K. Broberg, D. Fitriani, Jenna E. Forsyth, J. Gaitens, J. Lu, D. Nowak, Ernesto Sanchez-Triana, Sophie Turner, J. Yabe, Melissa McDiarmid, Florencia Harari
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日本語
本論文は、リチウムやコバルトなどの重要鉱物の採掘・精製・リサイクルに伴う有害金属（鉛、水銀、ヒ素など）の健康リスクを総合的に評価。2025年ミュンヘン有害金属シンポジウムの知見を統合し、子どもや脆弱集団への影響、累積曝露や世代間影響を指摘。規制強化や企業デューデリジェンスの必要性を提言する。
English
This review synthesizes evidence from the 2025 Munich Toxic Metals Symposium on health risks from toxic metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, manganese) released during the extraction, processing, and recycling of critical minerals for green technologies. It highlights widespread exposures, effects on children and vulnerable populations, and the need for stronger regulation and corporate due diligence to ensure a just transition.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本はバッテリーサプライチェーンにおいてリチウムやコバルトの輸入に依存しており、鉱山からリサイクルに至る有害金属管理は、国内の環境規制（土壌汚染対策法など）とも連動して重要。本論文の知見は、日本のGX政策における健康影響評価の組み込みや、サプライチェーン上のデューデリジェンス強化に示唆を与える。
In the global GX context
This paper provides a global perspective on the health externalities of the green energy transition, directly relevant to debates on 'just transition' and supply chain due diligence (e.g., EU Battery Regulation, OECD guidance). It underscores the need to integrate health safeguards into climate and industrial policies, a message that resonates with global frameworks like the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Researchers studying the health impacts of critical mineral supply chains or the co-benefits of decarbonization will find this comprehensive review useful for framing future studies.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate sustainability teams focusing on battery supply chain due diligence can use this evidence to strengthen health risk assessments and community engagement.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers involved in green transition strategies should consider embedding health impact assessments and stricter enforcement of environmental standards for mining and recycling.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Background: The global energy transition toward climate neutrality is driving rapid growth in the demand for critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel. While indispensable for decarbonization, their extraction, processing, and recycling expose workers, communities, and ecosystems to toxic metals, including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and manganese, raising significant public health concerns. Objectives: This article synthesizes evidence presented at the Toxic Metals Symposium 2025 in Munich to assess health impacts, exposure pathways, and policy challenges related to toxic metals in the green energy transition. Methods: The analysis integrates findings from multidisciplinary studies presented at the symposium, including environmental monitoring, biomonitoring, occupational health research, and policy assessments across multiple geographic contexts. Findings: Evidence from mining regions, informal recycling hubs, and urban areas demonstrates widespread and persistent exposure to toxic metals from both legacy and ongoing sources. Lead and mercury are linked to impaired cognitive development in children, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, hypertension, and anemia. Arsenic and cadmium exposures are associated with increased cancer risk and renal dysfunction. Occupational studies report cobalt and nickel exposures exceeding safety thresholds, even in modern battery recycling facilities. Emerging research highlights cumulative, low-dose, and transgenerational effects, particularly among vulnerable populations. Although advances in monitoring technologies and community biomonitoring improve detection, weak regulatory enforcement and the prevalence of informal sectors continue to limit risk reduction. Conclusions: Managing toxic metal risks is essential for a just and sustainable green transition. Health safeguards must be embedded in climate and industrial policies from the outset, supported by enforced corporate due diligence and long-term remediation financing. Protecting human health must be a co-equal priority to carbon reduction to prevent reproducing historical environmental injustices.
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