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

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    Identificador:  imarina:6388955
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6388955
    Autores:  Nadal, Marti; Rovira, Joaquim; Diaz-Ferrero, Jordi; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L
    Resumen:
    © 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

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    Autor según el artículo: Nadal, Marti; Rovira, Joaquim; Diaz-Ferrero, Jordi; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L
    Departamento: Enginyeria Química; Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    Autor/es de la URV: Domingo Ferrer, Josep / Domingo Roig, José Luis / Nadal Lomas, Martí / NADAL ROQUET-JALMAR, MONTSERRAT / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta
    Palabras clave: Tire landfill fire; Seseña, spain; Sese�a, spain; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Human exposure; Cancer risks; seseña, spain; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; human exposure; cancer risks
    Resumen: © 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.
    Áreas temáticas: 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
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 01604120
    Direcció de correo del autor: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat; joseluis.domingo@urv.cat; marti.nadal@urv.cat; josep.domingo@urv.cat; marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-10-12
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201630383X?via%3Dihub
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Environment International. 97 37-44
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Nadal, Marti; Rovira, Joaquim; Diaz-Ferrero, Jordi; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L (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
    DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.016
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2016
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications

  • Palabras clave:

    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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