Autor según el artículo: Mari M, Rovira J, Sánchez-Soberón F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL.

Departamento: Enginyeria Química Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

Autor/es de la URV: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Mari Marcos, Montserrat / Nadal Lomas, Martí / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / SÁNCHEZ SOBERÓN, FRANCISCO / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta

Palabras clave: Pcdd/fs Monitoring Metals Metalloids Human health risks Cement plant monitoring metals metalloids human health risks cement plant

Resumen: In 2009, a cement plant located in Alcanar (South Catalonia, Spain) started co-processing a special kind of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) called ENERFUEL¿. In April 2014 and 2017, 5 and 8 years after RDF co-processing, the concentrations of metals and metalloids (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl, V and Zn) and PCDD/Fs were measured in samples of soils, herbage and air collected in the vicinity of the facility. The comparison of the current concentrations with those obtained in a baseline study (2008), when fossil fuels were used solely, has shown that the environmental concentrations of metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs were not significantly modified. The concentrations of metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs in soil, vegetation and air of Alcanar are in the low part of the ranges found around other cement plants in Catalonia (in general, below 50th percentile). Non-carcinogenic risks due to exposure to metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs were lower than the safety value (HQ<1). In turn, carcinogenic risks were below the 10−5 Spanish threshold. The present results corroborate that, from an environmental point of view, the use of wastes as alternative fuels (AF) in a cement plant, which is operating with suitable technical conditions, is a good option for waste management. It contributes towards overcoming challenges such as climate change and fossil fuel depletion, while utilizing principles of circular economy.

Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine General environmental science Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Biochemistry Astronomia / física

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 00139351

Direcció de correo del autor: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat marti.nadal@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0003-4381-2490 0000-0001-8971-3856 0000-0002-0217-4827 0000-0001-6647-9470

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-22

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935118303797

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Environmental Research. 167 191-197

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Mari M, Rovira J, Sánchez-Soberón F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL. (2018). Partial replacement of fossil fuels in a cement plant: Assessment of human health risks by metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs. Environmental Research, 167(), 191-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.014

DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.014

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2018

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications