Health risk assessment of BTEX emissions in the landfill environment

Durmuşoğlu, Ertan; Taşpınar, Fatih; Karademır, Aykan

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.117

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“…Zou et al [20], Kim et al [28], Ying et al [29], Gallego et al [30]). This can be attributed to management conditions at the composting site and waste type, as composting sites are likely to have lower BTEX rates (Durmusoglu et al [3], Zou et al [20] ) in Italy for a 0.5-6 km radius around a landfill during winter. Again, different management practices at the landfill site may play a role as well as the presence of other pollutant sources within the sampling area (Davoli et al [14]).…”

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“…Of urban air pollutants, aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from a number of sources are particularly hazardous to environmental health (viz. as a contribution to tropospheric ozone formation and photochemical smog) and human health (for example, benzene is a carcinogen) (WHO [2], Durmusoglu et al [3]). BTEX emissions (i.e.…”

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“…With increasing levels of urbanisation and population growth, there is a greater amount of waste generated and in turn MSW landfills are growing and becoming significant BTEX sources (WHO [11], Al-Khatib et al [12]). During a landfill's lifecycle, it emits pollutant compounds (WHO [2], Durmusoglu et al [3]), the most toxic being the non-methane VOCs and the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), of which the BTEX group falls within (WHO [2], Palmiotto et al [13]). Many MSW landfill sites are in close proximity to residential areas (Al-Khatib et al [12]), thus people living near or downwind to landfill sites are potentially at risk to these toxic emissions (Davoli et al [14], Chiriac et al [15]).…”

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The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

Roffe¹,

Moolla²,

Grab³

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Landfills produce pollutants that negatively impact humans and the environment. In developing countries such as South Africa, landfilling is the most common form of solid waste management. People living in close proximity to landfills are particularly at risk to harmful pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Although VOCs only constitute ~1% of landfill gas (LFG) emissions, they are of concern as the risk associated with these pollutants is high. Of particular concern within the VOCs, is the BTEX group (viz. benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes). These pollutants are wind dispersed to surrounding residential areas, exposing residents to hazardous gases. BTEX LFG emissions were quantified and spatially mapped using Radiello Passive Samplers (analysed by a GC with built-in FID) in residential areas around a landfill in Roodepoort, South Africa. The BTEX levels ranged from 8.83 to 39.62 µg.m -3 . The effect of the slow south to south-westerly wind speeds of ~2.44 m.s -1 , the valley terrain, and the location of the landfill resulted in a BTEX 'hotspot' north and east of the landfill site. Combined with the passive sampling strategy, a study on residents perceptions revealed that residents were concerned with this 'hotspot' area and linked it to the landfill site. They were furthermore concerned with the landfill's associated pollution and odours. It was concluded that residents living closer to the landfill were at higher risk to BTEX, especially during the winter season. Future work should include sampling at the landfill site, specifically over different time frames to include seasonality, and possibly using different sampling methods.

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The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

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Grab³

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…BTEX compounds can cause variety of health problems such as respiratory irritation, and central nervous system damage. Benzene is also a carcinogenic compound [190].…”

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Utilization of Volatile Organic Compounds as an Alternative for Destructive Abatement

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Abstract:The treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions is a necessity of today. The catalytic treatment has already proven to be environmentally and economically sound technology for the total oxidation of the VOCs. However, in certain cases, it may also become economical to utilize these emissions in some profitable way. Currently, the most common way to utilize the VOC emissions is their use in energy production. However, interesting possibilities are arising from the usage of VOCs in hydrogen and syngas production. Production of chemicals from VOC emissions is still mainly at the research stage. However, few commercial examples exist. This review will summarize the commercially existing VOC utilization possibilities, present the utilization applications that are in the research stage and introduce some novel ideas related to the catalytic utilization possibilities of the VOC emissions. In general, there exist a vast number of possibilities for VOC OPEN ACCESSCatalysts 2015, 5 1093 utilization via different catalytic processes, which creates also a good research potential for the future.

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“…Errors might be caused by moisture in exhaled air and during the collection and storage of breath samples [57][58][59]. Partly due to the difficulty in obtaining their respiratory AFs, toxic VOCs were still assumed to be totally absorbed in many studies on inhalation exposure health risk [60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]. Alternatively, a number of studies have instead assumed AFs of 90% for toxic VOCs [6,[21][22][23][24][69][70][71], and very recently a few studies proposed 50% or 60% as the AFs of toxic VOCs [72,73].…”

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Real-time monitoring of respiratory absorption factors of volatile organic compounds in ambient air by proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Huang

Yan

Zhang

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Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Health risk assessment of BTEX emissions in the landfill environment

Cited by 334 publications

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The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

Utilization of Volatile Organic Compounds as an Alternative for Destructive Abatement

Real-time monitoring of respiratory absorption factors of volatile organic compounds in ambient air by proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry

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