Author, as appears in the article.: Nadal, Marti; Marques, Montse; Mari, Montse; Rovira, Joaquim; Domingo, Jose L
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: montserrat.marques@urv.cat joaquim.rovira@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6302-8578 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-8971-3856
Record's date: 2025-03-15
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Paper original source: Toxics. 8 (4): 1-12
APA: Nadal, Marti; Marques, Montse; Mari, Montse; Rovira, Joaquim; Domingo, Jose L (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
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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