Long-term study of environmental levels of dioxins and furans in the vicinity of a municipal solid waste incinerator.

Abstract:

:From 1975 to 2004, a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) was operating in Montcada (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain). Because of the potential health risks derived from emission of pollutants by the facility, especially polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), a long-term monitoring program focused on measuring the environmental levels of PCDD/Fs near the facility, and to assess the health risks for the population living in the neighborhood, was established between 1996 and 2002. A total number of 111 soil and 121 herbage samples were analyzed for PCDD/Fs during this period. Human health risks for the individuals living near the MSWI (500 and 1,000 m) were also assessed before (1998) and after modernization (2000) of the facility. It included PCDD/F inhalation, dermal contact, soil and dust ingestion, and food intake. All these data are here summarized. The environmental levels of PCDD/Fs showed that the MSWI was not the main responsible of the atmospheric pollution by these compounds. In turn, human health risks for the population living in the vicinity of the facility after introduction of a modern technology were negligible in comparison with the dietary PCDD/F exposure.

journal_name

Environ Int

authors

Schuhmacher M,Domingo JL

doi

10.1016/j.envint.2005.09.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-04-01 00:00:00

pages

397-404

issue

3

eissn

0160-4120

issn

1873-6750

pii

S0160-4120(05)00205-9

journal_volume

32

pub_type

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