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Human exposure to environmental pollutants after a tire landfill fire in Spain: Health risks - imarina:6388955

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
Autor según el artículo:Nadal, Marti; Rovira, Joaquim; Diaz-Ferrero, Jordi; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, Jose L
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
Identificador del autor:0000-0003-4399-6138
0000-0001-6647-9470
0000-0002-0217-4827
0000-0001-7213-4962
0000-0003-4381-2490
Año de publicación de la revista:2016
Tipo de publicación:Journal Publications
ISSN:01604120
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
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial:Environment International. 97 37-44
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.
DOI del artículo:10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.016
Enlace a la fuente original:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201630383X?via%3Dihub
Versión del articulo depositado:info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Acceso a la licencia de uso:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Departamento:Enginyeria Química
Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URL Documento de licencia:https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
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
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
Entidad:Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Fecha de alta del registro:2024-10-12
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