PCDD/F concentrations in soil and vegetation in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator after a pronounced decrease in the emissions of PCDD/Fs from the facility

Options for management of municipal solid waste in New York City: A preliminary comparison of health risks and policy implications

“…For example, in previous studies of workers at NYC's former MSW incinerators, we were able to identify elevated levels of biomarkers for metal (lead) and organic (dioxins) contaminants of incinerator ash in some individuals (Schecter et al, 1991;Malkin et al, 1992); more recent studies have followed up on this approach and confirmed elevated levels of dioxins in incinerator workers in other countries (Kumagai and Koda, 2005;Shih et al, 2006). Although it should be recognized that emissions for lead and dioxins have likely decreased in recent years (Chang and Lin, 2001;Domingo et al, 2001;Meneses et al, 2004), applying similar approaches for measuring biomarkers in exposed populations around current state-of-the-art facilities may still be useful in providing more persuasive evidence for (or against) the choice of particular options for MSW management based on health considerations (Gonzalez et al, 2000). For example, it would be useful to recruit a population in Greenpoint now before a facility is sited there and measure the relevant biomarkers and then again after the facility is in operation; this could help define more precisely the contaminant burden due to the facility as opposed to other confounding sources.…”

Agricultural soil monitoring of PCDD/Fs in the vicinity of a municipal solid waste incinerator in Eastern China: Temporal variations and possible sources

“…Recent studies on the inventories of potential PCDD/F emission sources in a number of European countries indicate that although the emission levels have been significantly reduced in the past two decades, MSWIs are still an important PCDD/F contributor [5]. Consequently, during the last three decades, comprehensive research has been conducted to investigate the occurrence of PCDD/Fs in soils around the MSWIs in Italy [6,7], Spain [1,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], the USA [17], Portugal [18], Japan [19], Taiwan [20], Korea [21,22], UK [23], France [24] and Norway [25].…”

PCDD/F concentrations of agricultural soil in the vicinity of fluidized bed incinerators of co-firing MSW with coal in Hangzhou, China

“…Lu). ducted to investigate the levels of PCDD/Fs in soils in the vicinity of MSWIs over the last three decades [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”