Health risk impacts analysis of fugitive aromatic compounds emissions from the working face of a municipal solid waste landfill in China

Liu, Yanjun; Liu, Yanting; Li, Hao; Fu, Xindi; Guo, Hao; Meng, Ruihong; Lu, Wenjing; Zhao, Ming; Wang, Hongtao

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.010

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“…Workers involved in different municipal solid waste (MSW) management facilities, including recycling plants (Huang et al, 2013), landfills (Liu et al, 2016), and healthcare waste (HCW) treatment units (Rafiee et al, 2018b), are potentially exposed to various levels of BTEX. Composting, is a well-known MSW treatment process that converts the organic fraction of waste into a soil conditioner, called "compost", which can enhance soil fertility (Saldarriaga et al, 2014).…”

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Lifestyle and occupational factors affecting exposure to BTEX in municipal solid waste composting facility workers

Rafiee

Delgado-Saborit

Sly

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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Lifestyle and occupational factors affecting exposure to BTEX in municipal solid waste composting facility workers

Rafiee

Delgado-Saborit

Sly

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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“…The exposure to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) indicated a specific risk and a HI range of 9.2 × 10 −11 -8.8 × 10 −9 and 2.0 × 10 −7 -4.0 × 10 −5 , respectively. Liu et al [4] conducted an HRA of the exposure to BTEX in an MSW landfill in China at a distance of 0.5 km from the landfill borders. The result showed cumulative HI between 3.53 × 10 −2 and 1.77 × 10 −1 and cumulative risk between 9.23 × 10 −7 and 4.63 × 10 −6 .…”

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“…Halocarbons, in particular chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and chlorinated solvents, are significant sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and contribute to ozone layer depletion [2,3]. Landfills may be a source of fugitive volatile compound emissions, including halocarbons [4,5]. In landfill sites, wastes are usually piled up and compacted on the working face, being exposed to the atmospheric environment for days to weeks before being definitively covered.…”

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“…Besides, most of the studies were conducted on municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, while analyses conducted on hazardous waste landfills are scarce [7]. Of the existing studies, Liu et al [4] conducted an HRA of the exposure of the population to BTEX in an MSW landfill in China. The results showed that the working face of a landfill could be a significant source of aromatics, which might pose a carcinogenic risk to residents nearby, especially for those receiving mixed MSW.…”

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Halocarbon Emissions from Hazardous Waste Landfills: Analysis of Sources and Risks

Ravina¹,

Facelli²,

Zanetti³

2020

Atmosphere

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Landfills are sources of fugitive volatile organic carbon (VOC) emissions, including halocarbons. The objective of this study was to evaluate the contribution of halogenated VOCs to the health risks associated with the exposure of workers operating in landfills, gathering information on the role of endogenous/exogenous sources present in anthropized areas. A hazardous waste landfill located in Turin, Italy was used as a case study. Ambient concentrations of 10 pollutants (BTEX, styrene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, and 1,2-dichloropropane), measured in 10 points of the landfill area, were considered and analyzed. The data had a monthly frequency and covered two years. A cumulative health risk analysis was conducted by applying a Monte-Carlo method. The results showed that the contribution of 1,2-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloropropane was 17.9% and 19.4% for the total risk and hazard index respectively. Benzene and ethylbenzene gave the highest contribution to the total risk (56.8% and 24.8%, respectively). In the second phase of the study, waste typologies that are possibly responsible for halocarbon emissions were investigated. Halocarbon concentration trends and waste disposal records were compared. Although further investigation is needed, some waste typologies were not excluded to contribute to halocarbon emissions, in particular sludge coming from wastewater treatment plants.

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“…Um estudo realizado por Liu (2014) avaliou a estabilidade de taludes, enquanto a mobilidade de metais pesados dentro do corpo do aterro foi estudada por Aydi (2015). Contudo, o impacto na saúde humana e a percepção da população da magnitude desses impactos têm sido objeto de discussão e quantificação por parte de trabalhos como os realizados por Liu et al (2016) e Mishra et al (2017), que analisaram os impactos à saúde de populações vizinhas à áreas utilizadas para a disposição final de resíduos sólidos urbanos, considerando como cenários ambientais: o lixão ou vazadouro a céu aberto, as unidades de triagem e compostagem e o aterro sanitário. Liu et al (2016) realizaram esta análise de riscos à saúde humana em populações vizinhas à um aterro sanitário que, mesmo caracterizado como uma forma admissível de disposição de resíduos, permanece como um empreendimento ambientalmente impactante.…”

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Modelagem da vulnerabilidade e do risco de contaminação de águas subterrâneas em locais de disposição de resíduos sólidos urbanos

2019

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Tendo em vista a necessidade de propiciar estudos que validem metodologias de análise de impactos ambientais, pretendeu-se, neste estudo, relacionar o potencial poluidor de um vazadouro a céu aberto, situado em um município brasileiro, com a vulnerabilidade da área a qual está inserido, utilizando um fator de potencial poluidor (I_p, como fator de risco de contaminação) e o modelo DRASTIC de análise de susceptibilidade de águas subterrâneas. O local escolhido como estudo de caso para este trabalho foi a área utilizada para a disposição final dos resíduos sólidos urbanos produzidos no município de Divinópolis, oeste do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. O local de disposição pode ser caracterizado como um vazadouro a céu aberto, por não possuir nenhum mecanismo de controle das diversas formas de poluição ocasionadas. Ao aplicar a espacialização do índice DRASTIC na área do estudo, obtiveram-se os valores 76 a 79, o qual demonstra que, apesar da variação nos valores, atribui-se valores do índice DRASTIC que caracterizam a área como de baixa vulnerabilidade à contaminação de águas subterrâneas. O índice de poluição obtido foi de 15,1, demonstrando uma elevada capacidade de contaminação, remetendo a áreas cuja intervenção imediata se mostra necessária.

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Health risk impacts analysis of fugitive aromatic compounds emissions from the working face of a municipal solid waste landfill in China

Cited by 68 publications

References 34 publications

Lifestyle and occupational factors affecting exposure to BTEX in municipal solid waste composting facility workers

Lifestyle and occupational factors affecting exposure to BTEX in municipal solid waste composting facility workers

Halocarbon Emissions from Hazardous Waste Landfills: Analysis of Sources and Risks

Modelagem da vulnerabilidade e do risco de contaminação de águas subterrâneas em locais de disposição de resíduos sólidos urbanos

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