Human health risk assessment in restoring safe and productive use of abandoned contaminated sites

Wcisło, Eleonora; Bronder, Joachim; Bubak, A.; Rodríguez-Valdés, Eduardo; Gallego, José Luis

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.028

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“…However, many studies and regulations consider 1 × 10 −6 as the acceptability threshold for the ICR [41,42,43,44]. The analysis highlighted that in 2014 and 2015, the increased risk for children to have a cancer due to an exposure duration of six years was greater than acceptability threshold in the city of Torino, while in the other cities ICR was lower.…”

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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns

Donno

Giorgi

Bagordo

et al. 2018

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Air pollution in urban areas is a major concern as it negatively affects the health of a large number of people. The purpose of this study was to assess the inhalation health risk for exposure to PM10 and benzene of the populations living in three Italian cities. Data regarding PM10 and benzene daily measured by “traffic” stations and “background” stations in Torino, Perugia, and Lecce during 2014 and 2015 were compared to the limits indicated in the Directive 2008/50/EC. In addition, an inhalation risk analysis for exposure to benzene was performed for adults and children by applying the standard United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) methodology. The levels of PM10 detected in Torino exceeded the legal limits in both years with an increased mean concentration >10 µg/m3 comparing with background station. Benzene concentrations never exceeded the legislative target value. The increased cancer risk (ICR) for children exposed to benzene was greater than 1 × 10−6 only in the city of Torino, while for adults, the ICR was higher than 1 × 10−6 in all the cities. The results suggest the need for emission reduction policies to preserve human health from continuous and long exposure to air pollutants. A revision of legal limits would also be recommended.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns

Donno

Giorgi

Bagordo

et al. 2018

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“…Site comparison can help identify technical, policy, and public engagement approaches that foster achievement of positive social and environmental outcomes (Coulon et al 2016, Payá Pérez andPeláez Sánchez 2017). It can also assess how multi-criteria decision support tools (e.g., human health risk assessment (Wcislo et al 2016), integrated assessment modeling (Schädler et al 2012)) support cleanup decision-making (see Norrman et al 2016 for an example).…”

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“…One possible theoretical foundation is a socio-environmental systems (SES) approach that addresses interactions between social and biophysical systems (Machlis et al 1997, Musters et al 1998. SES has largely focused on ecosystems, land use, and urban ecology, and does not always directly address human health, though, so a framework might also benefit from incorporating elements from health risk assessment (Wcislo et al 2016). Social science theory that situates people's relationships with chemicals, toxics, and post-industrial sites in a broader culture and political economic context (Fortun 2012, Shapiro andKirksey 2017) may be informative, but challenging to incorporate into a model.…”

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How clean is clean: a review of the social science of environmental cleanups

Maxwell

Kiessling

Buckley

2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Environmental cleanup may involve decontaminating an area affected by a radiological release, containing an oil spill, or remediating a Superfund site or brownfield. It is a key component of how environmental agencies work to protect public health and the environment. There are many publications on technical protocols for cleanup and waste disposal. Additionally, there has been much social science work on the social problems of environmental contamination. However, social science research on cleanup itself has been much more scattered across disciplines and incidents. To date, there has not been a comprehensive review of the social factors that affect cleanup processes and outcomes. Such social factors may include cultural worldviews that shape stakeholder perspectives on 'how clean is clean' and social relationships among stakeholders. This article fills this gap by providing an interdisciplinary literature review of the social science of environmental cleanup. Three principal themes emerged from the 97 articles that met selection criteria: effects on cleanup worker health, public engagement and decision-making, and societal benefits of cleaned-up sites. The review points to areas where further research is needed. For example, there is a lack of mixed methods and interdisciplinary engagement within the literature. Additionally, few articles compare cleanup situations. There is also a need for further investigation into specific social science topics such as labor practices, gender, race, and power relationships. To address these gaps, we argue for the development of a comprehensive framework or model as well as the exploration of broader questions complicating cleanups. Overall, this area of research has significant potential to benefit environmental cleanup policy and practice worldwide, while advancing social theory about people and the environment.

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“…Ezáltal, a környezet védelmének fontossága napjaink egyik legaktuálisabb és egyben legaggasztóbb problémájává vált 10 .…”

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Human health risk assessment in restoring safe and productive use of abandoned contaminated sites

Cited by 90 publications

References 23 publications

Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns

Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns

How clean is clean: a review of the social science of environmental cleanups

Vas és ezüst nanorészecskék környezetbarát előállítása és alkalmazásának vizsgálata

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