Waste management health risk assessment: a case study of a solid waste landfill in South Italy.
Waste Manag
; 30(8-9): 1608-13, 2010.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19932017
An integrated risk assessment study has been performed in an area within 5 km from a landfill that accepts non hazardous waste. The risk assessment was based on measured emissions and maximum chronic population exposure, for both children and adults, to contaminated air, some foods and soil. The toxic effects assessed were limited to the main known carcinogenic compounds emitted from landfills coming both from landfill gas torch combustion (e.g., dioxins, furans and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs) and from diffusive emissions (vinyl chloride monomer, VCM). Risk assessment has been performed both for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects. Results indicate that cancer and non-cancer effects risk (hazard index, HI) are largely below the values accepted from the main international agencies (e.g., WHO, US EPA) and national legislation (D.Lgs. 152/2006 and D.Lgs. 4/2008).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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Vinyl Chloride
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Benzofurans
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Waste Management
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Environmental Pollutants
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Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Waste Manag
Journal subject:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
Country of publication:
United States