Waste management health risk assessment: A case study of a solid waste landfill in South Italy

Journal Article · Sun Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Waste Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.013· OSTI ID:21418134

Davoli, E ^[1]; Fattore, E; Paiano, V; Colombo, A; Palmiotto, M ^[1]; Rossi, A N; Il Grande, M ^[2]; Fanelli, R ^[1]

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1. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Environmental Health Sciences Department, Via Giuseppe La Masa 19, 20156 Milano (Italy)
2. Progress S.r.l., Via Nicola A. Porpora 147, 20131 Milano (Italy)

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 ( and ).

• OSTI ID: 21418134
• Journal Information: Waste Management, Journal Name: Waste Management Journal Issue: 8-9 Vol. 30; ISSN WAMAE2; ISSN 0956-053X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
CARCINOGENS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIOXIN
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
EUROPE
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
FURANS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ITALY
LAND POLLUTION
LANDFILL GAS
LEGISLATION
MANAGEMENT
MONOMERS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCIES
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOLID WASTES
TOXICITY
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VINYL CHLORIDE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE
WHO