TY - JOUR
T1 - Waste management health risk assessment
T2 - A case study of a solid waste landfill in South Italy
AU - Davoli, E.
AU - Fattore, E.
AU - Paiano, V.
AU - Colombo, A.
AU - Palmiotto, M.
AU - Rossi, A. N.
AU - Il Grande, M.
AU - Fanelli, R.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - 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).
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 19932017
AN - SCOPUS:77953608045
SN - 0956-053X
VL - 30
SP - 1608
EP - 1613
JO - Waste Management
JF - Waste Management
IS - 8-9
ER -
