Levels of PCDD/Fs in Agricultural Soils near Two Municipal Waste Incinerators in Shanghai, China

Deng, Yunyun; Jia, Lijuan; Li, Kang; Rong, Z. Y.; Yin, Hua

doi:10.1007/s00128-010-0168-9

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“…In general terms, the current levels of PCDD/ Fs in soils were lower than those in other studies near MSWIs. Deng reported a range of concentrations between 0.640 and 64.2 pg I-TEQ/g in the vicinity of a MSWI in Shanghai (China), whereas in Taiwan the levels ranged between 0.850 and 4.50 pg I-TEQ/g (Deng et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2011). The levels in our current study were also lower than for other types of soil reported by Nadal and Turgut (Nadal et al, 2009;Turgut et al, 2012).…”

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Occurrence and impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans in the air and soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator

Zhou

Ren

Chu³

et al. 2016

Journal of Environmental Sciences

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To assess the influence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) on the environment in the vicinity of municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs), we determined the levels of PCDD/Fs in air and soil samples collected around a MSWI, which is the largest in China. The International Toxicity Equivalency Quantity (I-TEQ) concentrations of PCDD/Fs in air samples were from 0.0300 to 1.03 pg I-TEQ/m 3 (0.445-13.6 pg/m 3 ), with an average of 0.237 pg I-TEQ/m 3 , while in soil samples they ranged from 0.520 to 3.40 pg I-TEQ/g (2.41-88.7 pg/g) with an average of 1.49 pg I-TEQ/g. The concentrations of PCDD/Fs in air and soil samples were comparable to other areas, and PeCDFs were the dominant contributors, which was different from stack gas homologue patterns. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that PCDD/Fs emission from the MSWI did not directly affect the profiles of PCDD/Fs in air and soils, so that vehicles and unidentified emission sources should be considered. The daily inhalation levels of PCDD/Fs for children (0.0110 to 0.392 pg I-TEQ/(kg·day) and adults (0.00600 to 0.221 pg I-TEQ/(kg·day) near the MSWI were lower than the tolerable daily intake of 1.00 to 4.00 pg WHO-TEQ/(kg·day), but in winter the values were higher than in summer. These results can be used as basic data for assessing the risk of PCDD/Fs exposure in residents living around this MSWI, and more monitoring programs and studies should be carried out around MSWIs.

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Occurrence and impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans in the air and soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator

Zhou

Ren

Chu³

et al. 2016

Journal of Environmental Sciences

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“…To better compare the results with available data, the total dioxins I-TEQ concentrations in soils are summarized in Figure 4. For MSW incinerator emission sources (see Figure 4A), the total I-TEQ values in soils near the studied MSW incinerator are close to or smaller than that in most other studies, such as the research focused on Beijing (Li W. et al, 2014), Hangzhou (Jin et al, 2012), Shanghai (Deng et al, 2011), Northern Taiwan (Wang et al, 2008) in China and Moscow Parks (Shelepchikov et al, 2011) in Russia. The potential reason might be that the studied MSW incinerator is located in the suburb of Qionghai (a city of Hainan Province), which has the low level of industrialization, and small number of large-scale industrial plants (Xu et al, 2014;Wu et al, 2016), therefore largely reducing the impact of other anthropogenic emission sources on the pollutant concentrations in soils (Guo et al, 2012).…”

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Contamination characteristics, coexistence relationships and health risk assessment of dioxins and metals in topsoil around municipal solid waste incinerator in Hainan, China

Tang

Guo

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Highly toxic pollutants such as dioxins and metals emitted from municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration have caused a serious not-in-my-backyard social phenomenon. However, relatively few studies have comprehensively analyzed the contaminant characteristics, coexistence relationships and potential health risks of dioxins and metals in soils near MSW incinerator. Therefore, this study monitors 17 dioxin homologues and 13 metals in soils around MSW incinerator to evaluate their contaminant and coexistence characteristics as well as associated potential health risks. The empirical study focused on Hainan Province, a relatively pure area with no heavy industry and low population density in southern China. The contamination characteristics analysis shows that the total International Toxic Equivalence Quantity (I-TEQ) concentrations of dioxins are comparatively lower than the risk control standards and that in previous studies, whereas the concentrations of specific metals (e.g., Ni, Cu, Cd and Cr) are higher than the risk control standards. To explore the coexistence relationships, the statistical analysis is conducted and indicates that Sb, Cd, Zn and Pb metals (extracted as principal components, with a variance contribution rate of 30.89%) and most dioxin homologues (accounting for 82.83% of the total I-TEQ values) are clustered into one group, suggesting that they may have similar distribution characteristics and origins. Furthermore, the health risk analysis of two toxic pollutants reveals that the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks of dioxins and most metals (except for Ni and Cr) are all below the acceptable levels, implying that the studied incinerator posed no obvious health effect to the surrounding residents.

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“…In turn, Vilavert et al (2010) reported a mean soil PCDD/F concentration of 0.75 ng I-TEQ kg −1 near a HWI (Constantí, Catalonia) after 10 years of continuous monitoring. On the other hand, levels ranging 0.16-14 ng I-TEQ kg −1 were observed in an industrial zone of Trondheim (Norway) (Andersson and Ottesen, 2008), while PCDD/F concentrations in agricultural soils surrounding two MSWIs in Shanghai (China) ranged from 0.64 to 61.15 pg I-TEQ g −1 (Deng et al, 2011). PCDD/F concentrations in soils near the MSWI of Tarragona are currently in the low part of the range, in comparison with literature data from industrial and urban zones (Nadal et al, 2011), and more specifically lower than results from other authors for corresponding soils near MSWIs (Kim et al, 2009;Wu et al, 2009).…”

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Long-term monitoring of dioxins and furans near a municipal solid waste incinerator: human health risks

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Since 1996, a wide surveillance programme has been developed to get overall information on the impact of a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). The concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) have been periodically measured in soil and vegetation samples collected at locations in the incinerator surroundings. Furthermore, air PCDD/F levels have been also monitored by using active and passive sampling devices, generating a huge amount of information regarding the environmental status of the zone. In the last survey (2009-2010), mean PCDD/F levels in vegetation, soil and air were 0.06 ng I-TEQ kg(-1), 0.58 ng I-TEQ kg(-1) and 10.5 fg WHO-TEQ m(-3), respectively. Both soil and herbage showed a notable reduction in the PCDD/F concentrations in comparison with the baseline study, with this decrease only being significant for soils. In contrast, PCDD/F values in air remained similar during the whole assessment period. Human exposure to PCDD/Fs was evaluated under different scenarios, and the associated non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks were assessed. The hazard quotient was below unity in all cases, while cancer risks were under 10(-6), which is lower than the maximum recommended guidelines. The current results clearly show that the MSWI of Tarragona does not produce additional health risks for the population living nearby.

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Levels of PCDD/Fs in Agricultural Soils near Two Municipal Waste Incinerators in Shanghai, China

Cited by 24 publications

References 13 publications

Occurrence and impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans in the air and soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator

Occurrence and impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans in the air and soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator

Contamination characteristics, coexistence relationships and health risk assessment of dioxins and metals in topsoil around municipal solid waste incinerator in Hainan, China

Long-term monitoring of dioxins and furans near a municipal solid waste incinerator: human health risks

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