Bioaerosol concentration in the air surrounding municipal solid waste landfill

Kazmierczuk, M.; Bojanowicz-Bablok, Anna

doi:10.2478/oszn-2014-0015

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“…On the above described observations certain influence may also have the distance from the landfill (Kaarakainen et al 2008;Kaźmierczuk and Bojanowicz-Bablok 2014;Schlosser et al 2016). In this study, the species pattern analysis covering all sampling sites during the landfill exploitation showed two major clusters grouping these places according to the distance from the active site (S3) (Fig.…”

Section: Qualitative Analysis Of Fungal Aerosolmentioning

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Fungal air contamination in distinct sites within a municipal landfill area

Frączek

Kozdrój

Górny

et al. 2017

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Municipal wastes collected in landfills are a significant source of air contamination and frequently characterize by elevated concentrations of different fungi. Posing a serious health threat to landfill workers and local residents, the fungal aerosol has to be monitored with respect to its quantity and quality. In this study, concentrations of airborne fungi, their particle size distribution, species composition and the presence of cytotoxic strains of Aspergillus fumigatus were assessed in different sites within the landfill area. The quantitative and qualitative changes in the fungal aerosol were determined with respect to a season and landfill activity level (i.e. exploitation or standstill periods). Within the landfill area, particular sites were grouped with regard to airborne fungi concentrations and similarities in species composition. The qualitative analysis indicated that 43 species were shared during both sampling times, and only nine species were characteristic for the standstill period. Among fungal isolates, 21 strains of A. fumigatus revealed cytotoxic activity expressed at different levels, depending on the fungal extract concentrations used in the MTT assay. The results suggested that exposure (especially in summer) to small airborne particles, containing distinct species, may occur not only in the active sector but also in close vicinity to the landfill. Hence, microbial monitoring of the landfill and surrounding area should be carried out taking into account both quantitative aspect supplemented by size distribution analysis and qualitative features, especially of those strains possessing cytotoxic activity.

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Section: Qualitative Analysis Of Fungal Aerosolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fungal air contamination in distinct sites within a municipal landfill area

Frączek

Kozdrój

Górny

et al. 2017

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…Only the LIMIC context was considered in the risk assessment for the bioaerosols because the risk was considered to be comparatively trivial for formal workers in HICs where they have little close interaction with the waste. (Frederickson et al, 2013) guidelines, which decrease with distance from the source (Akpeimeh et al, 2019;Breza-Boruta, 2012;Buczyńska et al, 2006;Burkowska et al, 2011;Cyprowski et al, 2019;Kaźmierczuk and Bojanowicz-Bablok, 2014;Lis et al, 2004;Mansour, 2012).  Personal air sampling concentrations (Akpeimeh et al, 2019;Cyprowski et al, 2019) were extremely high in comparison to static samplers, particularly for waste pickers who it is suggested suffer greater exposure due to proximity to mechanical waste handling activities (Akpeimeh et al, 2019).…”

Section: Risk Characterisation For Biological Hazards On Land Disposamentioning

confidence: 99%

From dumpsites to engineered landfills: A systematic review of risks to occupational and public health

Maalouf¹,

Cook²,

Velis³

et al. 2020

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Disposal on land has persisted as the most predominant form of waste disposal for millennia and despite advances in modern engineered landfills, large quantities (405 Mt y-1) of collected municipal solid waste (MSW) are still deposited and concentrated in open, uncontrolled dumpsites throughout low- and middle-income countries (LIMICs) worldwide – a key form of waste mismanagement. These pose major threats to the health and safety of surrounding populations and mainly waste pickers who across the Global South target dumpsites to salvage and recycle under minimal protection measures. Here, we conducted an adapted PRISMA systematic review, distilling over 3,000 papers into 40 core sources from 22 countries, to critically assess the evidence on the associated risks. We identified prevalent hazard-pathway-receptor combinations and subsequently scored, compared and ranked the relative risk of exposure to harm experienced by various actors in land disposal sites. Our assessment indicates high risk levels experienced through interaction with medical waste, emissions from waste combustion, and critically through the fatal risk of waste slope failure, claiming the lives of at least (on average) of 34 people per year since 1992. Despite the strong anecdotal signals on the generic nature of the health and safety challenges at hand, many of the sources lack critical information with which to determine and link causality of health effects with the existence, or even exposure to emissions or other hazards. Yet, our critical analysis clearly demonstrates an unacceptable potential for damage to human health and safety; alerting us on the need to close, and immediately manage risks at dumpsites, preventing harm to some of the worlds’ poorest inhabitants. Our aspiration is that quantification and mitigation of risks from dumpsites attracts substantial and scientifically robust efforts.

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“…The number of Escherichia coli bacteria ranged 0 to 24 CFU/m 3 . Epidemiological studies on the Enterobacteriaceae family in the air show that the highest concentrations of these bacteria were in wastewater treatments and on municipal waste landfills [31,32]. Identified bacteria occurring on the premises and in the vicinity of the municipal waste landfill site in different countries are comparable (Table 4).…”

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Effect of Carbon Filter Usage Period on the Secondary Emission of Bioaerosols

Berg¹,

Michalska²,

Tankiewicz³

et al. 2020

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Communal waste generated in residential areas and partly in other places (workplace, preschools, schools, shopping centres, railway stations, airports, etc.) constitutes mixtures of food and its packages as well as materials used in households. The structure of waste depends on the year's seasons (seasonality), where huge amounts of compost materials are generated in the summer-autumn period and ash in the winter-spring season [1]. It usually takes a couple of days before this

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Bioaerosol concentration in the air surrounding municipal solid waste landfill

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

Fungal air contamination in distinct sites within a municipal landfill area

Fungal air contamination in distinct sites within a municipal landfill area

From dumpsites to engineered landfills: A systematic review of risks to occupational and public health

Effect of Carbon Filter Usage Period on the Secondary Emission of Bioaerosols

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