Health risk assessment of PAHs, PCBs and OCPs in atmospheric air of municipal solid waste landfill in Novi Sad, Serbia

Maja Petrovic; Maja Sremacki; Jelena Radonic; Ivana Mihajlovic; Boris Obrovski; Mirjana Vojinovic Miloradov

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.008

Health risk assessment of PAHs, PCBs and OCPs in atmospheric air of municipal solid waste landfill in Novi Sad, Serbia

Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 10:644:1201-1206. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.008. Epub 2018 Jul 13.

Authors

Maja Petrovic¹, Maja Sremacki², Jelena Radonic¹, Ivana Mihajlovic¹, Boris Obrovski¹, Mirjana Vojinovic Miloradov¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
² University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. Electronic address: majasremacki@uns.ac.rs.

PMID: 30743833
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.008

Abstract

The municipal solid waste landfill in Novi Sad, Serbia is in its operative status from early 1980s and represents potential significant source of environmental compartments pollution and the threat to human health as a result of undeveloped waste management practice. Residues of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) as toxic, mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic chemicals were investigated in ambient air of landfill site in Novi Sad. Passive air sampling technique was used for the purpose of ambient air sampling. Total risk to the human health is calculated as a sum of individual risks for each group of substances according to the recommended United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) methodology. The overall results indicate that the landfill site in Novi Sad does not pose a relevant treat to human by inhalation of PAHs and POPs. The effect of low concentrations, non-monotonic dose response, synergistic and amplifying effects of chemical complexes must be highly respected while performing future health risk assessment.

Keywords: Ambient air; Health risk assessment; PAHs; POPs; Passive sampling.

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants / analysis*
Air Pollution / statistics & numerical data*
Atmosphere / chemistry
Environmental Exposure / analysis
Environmental Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / analysis*
Pesticides / analysis*
Polychlorinated Biphenyls / analysis*
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / analysis*
Risk Assessment
Serbia
Solid Waste
Waste Disposal Facilities

Substances

Air Pollutants
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Pesticides
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Solid Waste
Polychlorinated Biphenyls