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Human exposure to environmental pollutants after a tire landfill fire in Spain: Health risks

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    Identifier: imarina:6388955
  • Authors:

    Nadal M
    Rovira J
    Díaz-Ferrero J
    Schuhmacher M
    Domingo J
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Nadal M; Rovira J; Díaz-Ferrero J; Schuhmacher M; Domingo J
    Department: Enginyeria Química Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Nadal Lomas, Martí / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta
    Keywords: Tire landfill fire Seseña, spain Sese�a, spain Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Human exposure Cancer risks seseña, spain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons human exposure cancer risks
    Abstract: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd In May 2016, a fire occurred in one of the largest landfills in Europe (Seseña, Toledo, Spain), where 70,000–90,000 tons of tires had been illegally accumulated for > 15 years. Because of the proximity of population nuclei and the duration of the episode (> 20 days), we conducted a preliminary human health risk assessment study just after the tire fire. Samples of air and soil were collected in 3 areas surrounding the landfill (El Quiñón, at only 500 m, and Seseña Nuevo and Seseña Viejo, both at 4 km), as well as in background sites. In addition, samples of crops (barley, wheat, cabbage and lettuce) were also obtained from local farmers. The concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and a number of trace elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sn, Tl, and V) were analyzed in all the samples. The concentrations of all the target pollutants, excepting PAHs, were relatively similar at the different sampling zones, irrespective of the distance to the landfill. In turn, a significant increase of PAHs was noted near the tire landfill, with air levels up to 6-times higher than those found at 4 km (134 vs. 19.5–22.7 ng/m3). Similarly, PAH concentrations in lettuce were relatively higher than those typically found in monitoring programs of food safety. Because of the increase of airborne PAHs, cancer risks due to exposure to environmental pollutants for the population living at El Quiñón, near the landfill, were between 3- and 5-times higher than those estimated for the inhabitants of Seseña. After this preliminary study, further investigations, focused only on PAHs, but more extensive in terms of number of samples, should be conducted to assure that PAHs have been progressively degraded through time.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine General environmental science Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 01604120
    Author's mail: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0003-4381-2490
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201630383X?via%3Dihub
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Environment International. 97 37-44
    APA: Nadal M; Rovira J; Díaz-Ferrero J; Schuhmacher M; Domingo J (2016). Human exposure to environmental pollutants after a tire landfill fire in Spain: Health risks. Environment International, 97(), 37-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.016
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.016
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Environmental Science (Miscellaneous),Environmental Sciences
    Tire landfill fire
    Seseña, spain
    Sese�a, spain
    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    Human exposure
    Cancer risks
    seseña, spain
    polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    human exposure
    cancer risks
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Interdisciplinar
    Geociências
    General medicine
    General environmental science
    Farmacia
    Environmental sciences
    Environmental science (miscellaneous)
    Environmental science (all)
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
    Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
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