scholarly journals Assessment of air pollution caused by illegal e-waste burning to evaluate the human health risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charu Gangwar ◽  
Ranjana Choudhari ◽  
Anju Chauhan ◽  
Atul Kumar ◽  
Aprajita Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Waste Burning

scholarly journals Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Pollution in the Regions of Unsustainable Heating Sources. Case Study—The Tourist Areas of Southern Poland

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska ◽  
Jacek Dajda ◽  
Ewa Adamiec ◽  
Edeltrauda Helios-Rybicka ◽  
Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Total Risk ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Exposure Scenario ◽  
The Mean

Air pollution is one of the main factors affecting human health. Air quality is especially important in the tourist areas developed with facilities for outdoor activities. During the winter season of 2017/2018, the concentrations of particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, PM1), CO, O3, and NO2 were studied in 12 attractive tourist villages in the surroundings of the Czorsztyn Reservoir in southern Poland. Air pollutant measurements were performed continuously, using a single ground-based Alphasense air sensor. Our assessment of human health risk (HHRA), arising from inhalation exposure to air contaminants, was calculated for both local inhabitants and tourists, based on actual measured values. It was found that pollutant concentrations exceeded both permissible and recommended levels of PM10 and PM2.5. The mean total noncarcinogenic risk values were equal to 9.58 (unitless) for adults and 9.68 (unitless) for children and infants, under the resident exposure scenario. However, under the tourist exposure scenario, the mean total risk was equal to 1.63 (unitless) for adults and 1.64 (unitless) for children and infants. The risk to tourists was lower than that to inhabitants due to shorter exposure times. The target non-carcinogenic value of 1, calculated for PM10, PM2.5, and NO2, was significantly exceeded in total risk, under the residential exposure scenario, in reference to all the local subpopulations. In the majority of the investigated locations, the total risk exceeded the value of 1, under the tourist scenario, for all the subpopulations analysed. PM2.5 was recognised to be the most important contaminant in our risk analysis, in view of its share in the total risk value.

Study on particulate matter air pollution, source origin, and human health risk based of PM10 metal content in Volos City, Greece

2016 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 691-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Emmanouil ◽  
Eumorfia Drositi ◽  
Vasiliki Vasilatou ◽  
Evangelia Diapouli ◽  
Konstantinos Krikonis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Metal Content ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Pollution Source

scholarly journals USE OF RISK ASSESSMENT IN CONDUCTING STATE SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION TO JUSTIFY THE SIZES OF SANITARY PROTECTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (70) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
O. Turos ◽  
◽  
A. Petrosian ◽  
T. Maremukha ◽  
I. Kobzarenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Protection Zones ◽  
Industrial Enterprises

Objective. Justify need to use the methodology of human health risk assessment to determine the size of sanitary protection zones for industrial enterprises (especially, I-II hazard classes). Materials and methods: sanitary protection zone of an industrial enterprise; mathematical modelling of air pollution; physical and chemical analysis methods of pollutants; human health risk assessment; cartographic methods using geographic information systems (GIS; ArcGis 10.0) and Earth remote sensing data (remote sensing; space images). Results. Improved understanding effectiveness of the human health risk assessment (HHRA) methodology used during the state sanitary and epidemiological examination of materials on the substantiation of the sanitary protection zones size for industrial enterprises. The human health risk has been assessed and the effectiveness of the developed and implemented management decisions on health and environmental issues has been demonstrated. The risk was reduced by almost 30 times compared to 2009 after environmental conservation measures (non-carcinogenic risk of chronic inhalation in 2009 for manganese and its compounds was HQ=15.3÷41.0; in 2012, HQ=1.1÷1.5). Priority and assessment of the contribution of individual emission sources (in %) to the total air pollution was additionally conducted and further phased implementation of environmental measures is recommended. This allowed to reduce the risk to the limit (allowable) indicators. Conclusions. Scientifically substantiated the need to study the patterns of distribution of potentially dangerous chemicals in the natural atmosphere and analyze the level of their concentration in the enterprise operation area (radius 40 heights of the largest pipe, m) at different distances in all directions of the world by rhumbs, taking into account territorial features (characteristics of land use, topographic and meteorological data) location of industrial facilities and residential areas. The necessity of HHRA implementation accelerating within the framework of arbitrary procedures through the support of cooperation in management decisions in the development and improvement of environmental and hygienic measures to reduce air pollution has been implemented.

Human health risk assessment: application of the NORISC-HRA and ROME models at two test sites

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Quercia ◽  
A. Vecchio ◽  
M. Falconi ◽  
L. Togni ◽  
E. Wcislo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment
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