PCDD/F levels in the neighbourhood of a municipal solid waste incinerator after introduction of technical improvements in the facility

PCDD/F concentrations of agricultural soil in the vicinity of fluidized bed incinerators of co-firing MSW with coal in Hangzhou, China

“…Recent studies on the inventories of potential emissions of PCDD/Fs in a number of countries have showed that the combustion is a major contributor to the total PCDD/F concentration in the environment [3]. Given the semi-volatile and hydrophobic character, PCDD/Fs can be easily accumulated in the environment, especially in organic-rich media such as soil and sediment [4].…”

“…Lu). ducted to investigate the levels of PCDD/Fs in soils in the vicinity of MSWIs over the last three decades [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

Characterization of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in the Stack Flue Gas of a Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator, in the Ambient Air, and in the Banyan Leaf

“…The MSWI-JW, situated in a highly industrialized area in southern Taiwan, was chosen to characterize PCDD/F emission in the stack flue gas, ambient air, and banyan leaf. The relationships between the emission source, ambient air, and banyan leaf receptor were analyzed by applying principal component analysis (PCA) (Fiedler et al,1996;Schummacher et al, 1997;Schummacher et al, 1998;Buekens et al, 2000;Schummacher et al, 2002;Domingo et al, 2002;Kim et al, 2005). Relationships between meteorological conditions (wind rose) and the PCDD/F concentration in the selected geographical location were also examined.…”

Environmental and human exposure to persistent halogenated compounds derived from e‐waste in China

“…The daily intake doses of PCDD/Fs (Supplemental Data, List S4) in Guiyu were between 68.9 (summer) to 126 (winter) and 122 (summer) to 223 (winter) pg of WHO-TEQ/kg per day for adults and children, respectively. These values far exceed the WHO 1998 tolerable daily intake limits (1-4 pg of WHO-TEQ/kg per day [10]) and daily intake limits in regions around medical solid waste incinerations [69,70]. Furthermore, the daily intake dose (122-223 pg of WHO-TEQ/kg per day) for children was approximately twice as much as those (68.9-126 pg of WHO-TEQ/kg per day) for adults [10], suggesting that children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of improper e-waste disposal practices.…”