Author, as appears in the article.: Nadal M; Marquès M; Mari M; Rovira J; Domingo JL

Department: Enginyeria Química Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Mari Marcos, Montserrat / Marquès Bueno, Montserrat / Nadal Lomas, Martí / Rovira Solano, Joaquim

Keywords: Municipal solid waste incinerator Mataro (catalonia, spain) Human exposure Health risks Environmental pollution

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Since 2008, the environmental levels of polychlorinated compounds near a municipal solid waste incinerator in Mataró (Catalonia, Spain) have been periodically monitored. The present study aimed at updating the data regarding the temporal changes occurred between 2015 and 2017, when air and soil samples were collected again, and the concentrations of the same chemical pollutants (i.e., polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)) were analysed. Furthermore, the health risks associated with their human exposure were also evaluated. The levels of all the contaminants in soil were far below the threshold established by regional and national legislations, also being lower than those observed in previous surveys. A similar trend was also noted for PCDD/Fs in air samples, while airborne PCBs were the only group of chemicals whose levels significantly increased. In any case, the global assessment of the data regarding the different pollutants and matrices indicates that there has not been a general increase in the environmental pollution around the facility. In addition, the environmental exposure to PCDD/Fs and PCBs by the population living nearby is still clearly lower than the dietary intake of these same chemical pollutants.

Thematic Areas: Toxicology Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Environmental sciences Chemical health and safety

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat montserrat.marques@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0001-6302-8578 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-8971-3856 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-6647-9470

Record's date: 2023-02-23

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/4/111

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Toxics. 8 (4): 1-12

APA: Nadal M; Marquès M; Mari M; Rovira J; Domingo JL (2020). Trends of polychlorinated compounds in the surroundings of a municipal solid waste incinerator in Mataró (Catalonia, Spain). assessing health risks. Toxics, 8(4), 1-12. DOI: 10.3390/toxics8040111

Article's DOI: 10.3390/toxics8040111

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications