Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

Shibata, Tomoyuki; Wilson, James L.; Watson, Lindsey M.; Nikitin, Ivan; Ansariadi, Ansariadi; Ane, Ruslan La; Maidin, Alimin

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.137

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“…Studies have evaluated the reliability of these low-power and relatively low-cost pollutant sensors for air pollution monitoring application. They have been adjudged to have acceptable potential when compared to reference monitoring instruments (Walker, 2012;Lin et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2014;Mishra et al, 2015;Shibata et al, 2015;Li and Biswas, 2017). However, considering that our study area has no existing reference pollution monitoring stations, we decided to adopt validated theories on air pollution contribution to global warming (Hansen et al, 2000;Duan et al, 2017).…”

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Reviewing the local and global implications of air pollution trends in Zaria, northern Nigeria

Aliyu

Botai

2018

Urban Climate

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Highlights• Pioneer outdoor air pollution time-series data for a Nigerian city • Validates MSA Altair 5× gas detector and CW-HAT200 particulate counter.• Alarming outdoor pollution measurements • A candidate into the list of World's most polluted cities is revealed. AbstractAir pollution is an unnoticed problem in many Nigerian urban cities. This is mainly attributed to the usage of power generating sets, indiscriminate refuse burning, biomass consumption and import/recycle of timeworn automobiles, which dominates the Nigerian automobile fleet. Reduced economic infrastructure and the Nigerian climate, are a major factor for the dense outdoor population activities. This is contributing to the increasing population health risk resulting from pollution exposure. Literature on the seasonal spatial-temporal distribution of air pollutants within Nigerian urban cities is presently scanty. This study evaluates the local and global implications of air pollution trends in northern Nigeria's educational hub. The study utilized validated costeffective devices (MSA Altair 5x gas detector and the CW-HAT200 particulate counter) to assess the outdoor air quality in Zaria. The findings revealed the one-year day-time weighted average concentration level for CO, SO2 PM2.5 and PM10 as 29.22 ppm, 0.32 ppm, 219.73 and 451.96 µgm -3 respectively. These concentration levels were above the locally and globally stipulated air quality indices. In particular, the concentration levels of the particulate matter pollutants (PM2.5 and PM10) were high enough to place Zaria amongst the World Health Organization's list of polluted cities. We are optimistic that our findings would instigate Nigerian policy makers to take decisive steps for air quality management across its cities.

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Reviewing the local and global implications of air pollution trends in Zaria, northern Nigeria

Aliyu

Botai

2018

Urban Climate

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“…The portable monitoring devices are: the MSA Altair 5x which measures carbon monoxide (CO) in parts per million (ppm) and the CW-HAT200 which measures particulate matter (PM 10 ) in microgram per meter cube (µgm -3 ). The use of these devices have been assessed by : Mishra et al, (2015); Shibata et al, (2015). The devices were procured solely to collect ground level pollution concentrations of selected criteria pollutants across the study period (1 December 2015 -30 November 2016).…”

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Appraising city-scale pollution monitoring capabilities of multi-satellite datasets using portable pollutant monitors

Aliyu

Botai

2018

Atmospheric Environment

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“…The first of them corroborates the idea that the precarious working conditions waste pickers live in are characterized by high socio-environmental vulnerability (aLENCaR;CaRDoSo;aNTUNES, 2009;BaLLESTERoS;aRaNGo E URREGo, 2012;CoELHo et al, 2016b;CoELHo et al, 2016c;SoUSa, MENDES, 2006). Moreover, such environment favors the occurrence of labor accidents (CaVaLCaNTE;FRaNCo, 2007;CoELHo et al, 2016c;SHIBaTa et al, 2015) and of physical and mental diseases (aLENCaR;CaRDoSo;aNTUNES, 2009;CoELHo et al, 2016b;aLVaRaDo-ESQUIVEL et al, 2008;aLVaRaDo-ESQUIVEL, 2013;aRaÚJo;SaTo, 2017;GUTBERLET;Ba-EDER, 2008;RoZMaN et al, 2008;SHIBaTa et al, 2015;SINGH;CHoKHaNDRE, 2015) capable of impairing their quality of life and health promotion.…”

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“…The selected articles evidenced waste pickers' low adhesion to individual protection equipment use, although they also showed the inappropriate use of materials found among the collected waste. However, these materials do not protect waste pickers from risks inherent to the waste-picking activity (aLENCaR;CaRDoSo;aNTUNES, 2009;BaLLESTERoS;aRaNGo E URREGo, 2012;PEREIRa et al, 2012;SaNToS, SIL-Va, 2009;SHIBaTa et al, 2015;SoUSa, MENDES, 2006). Hoefel et al (2013) point out that such refusal results from their complaint about the discomfort of picking with gloves; despite the risks, waste pickers rather do not wear gloves, since productivity is a relevant factor for them.…”

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A Sight Over the Health of Waste Pickers: An Analytical Framework Proposition

2018

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This study aims to identify articles focused on the waste picker’s health to support the construction of an analytical framework that considers the individual and the environment in the scope of their labor activity. For this purpose, it is intended to answer the following question: which aspects can be considered in the analysis of the waste picker’s health in their labor activity? Methodologically, it has an exploratory nature and use the Systematic Review of Literature. The results pointed out to four categories of analysis grouped into the following aspects: meanings, individual, activity and environment. The analytical framework proposed presents contributions for an extended understanding of waste picker’s health, its aspects and interrelationships. Finally, it is suggested that empirical studies could be carried out to validate the proposed structure.

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Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

Cited by 32 publications

References 33 publications

Reviewing the local and global implications of air pollution trends in Zaria, northern Nigeria

Reviewing the local and global implications of air pollution trends in Zaria, northern Nigeria

Appraising city-scale pollution monitoring capabilities of multi-satellite datasets using portable pollutant monitors

A Sight Over the Health of Waste Pickers: An Analytical Framework Proposition

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