Author, as appears in the article.: Rovira, Joaquim; Mari, Montse; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Mari Marcos, Montserrat / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta
Keywords: Unclassified drug Trend study Temporal analysis Surrounding environment Spain Risk assessment Processing Polychlorinated dibenzofuran Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins Polychlorinated dibenzodioxin Pollutant Monitoring Metals Metal derivative Metal Manufacturing and industrial facilities Long-term follow-up study Industry and industrial phenomena Industry Industrial activities Humans Human impact (environment) Human health risks Human Health risks Health hazard Health Hazardous waste Fuel and fuel related phenomena Fuel Environmental monitoring Environmental levels Environmental impact Energy-generating resources Energy resource Ecotoxicology Ecotoxicity Dibenzofurans, polychlorinated Construction materials Cements Cement plants Cement plant Cement industry Catalonia , spain Catalonia (spain) Catalonia Building material Best available technique (bat) Article Alternative fuels Alternative fuel Alternative energy Airborne transmission Air pollution Air pollutants Air pollutant
Abstract: This paper was aimed at reviewing recent studies related with the impact on environment and human health of metals and PCDD/Fs near cement plants. It has been particularly focused on the impact of cement plants located in Catalonia, Spain, which have been monitored by our research for more than ten years. Environmental monitoring studies were performed under different cement plant conditions. While some of our studies examined temporal trends of the levels of the above indicated pollutants, the main goal of other surveys was to assess the impact of implementing alternative fuels in the facilities. Even one of the studies was performed before and after the cement plant temporally ceased its industrial activity. The impact of cement plants burning alternative fuels on the emissions of metals and PCDD/Fs elsewhere was also reviewed. Regarding the cement plants in Catalonia, no significant differences were found, neither in the long-term follow-up studies, nor when alternative fuels are used, nor when a cement plant temporally stopped its activity. These results are in agreement with those reported for several stack emissions of other cement plants working under different conditions. We conclude that emissions of metals and PCDD/Fs by cement plants working with the best available techniques (BAT), should not cause a significant negative impact neither on the surrounding environment, nor on the human health of the population living in the neighborhood.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Química Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine Environmental sciences Environmental engineering Ensino Engineering, environmental Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Antropologia / arqueologia
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0001-8971-3856 0000-0003-4381-2490
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10934529.2021.1880836?needAccess=true
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Environmental Science And Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering. 56 (4): 379-385
APA: Rovira, Joaquim; Mari, Montse; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L (2021). Environmental levels and human health risks of metals and PCDD/Fs near cement plants co-processing alternative fuels in Catalonia, NE Spain: a mini-review. Journal Of Environmental Science And Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 56(4), 379-385. DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2021.1880836
Article's DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2021.1880836
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications