Impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health

Muhammad Qasim; Huamei Xiao; Kang He; Ali Noman; Feiling Liu; Meng-Yao Chen; Dilbar Hussain; Zakia A Jamal; Fei Li

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105630

Impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health

Acta Trop. 2020 Nov:211:105630. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105630. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Authors

Muhammad Qasim¹, Huamei Xiao², Kang He³, Ali Noman⁴, Feiling Liu³, Meng-Yao Chen³, Dilbar Hussain⁵, Zakia A Jamal⁶, Fei Li⁷

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Electronic address: cmqasimgill@zju.edu.cn.
² Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; College of Life Sciences and Resource Environment, Key Laboratory of Crop Growth and Development Regulation of Jiangxi Province, Yichun University, Yichun 336000, China.
³ Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
⁴ Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
⁵ Entomological Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad 38850, Pakistan.
⁶ Biology Department, Faculty of Science Yanbu, Taibah University, Al-Sharm, Yanbu El-Bahr, 46429, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Electronic address: lifei18@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 32673623
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105630

Abstract

The landfill garbage includes organic and inorganic matter. The organic matter covers more than 50% of the total waste material. Due to improper management of landfill garbage, it causes serious risks to human health directly by the emission of toxic gasses. On the other hand, landfill sites are the natural habitat of several microbes and arthropods. The present discussion illustrates the impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health. Here, we highlighted the arthropod density as well as diversity. Moreover, the population of insect vectors of various diseases, insect scavengers as well as pollinators has been pinpointed. It shows that landfill sites and adjacent areas are hotspots for a wide variety of arthropods. The proper management of landfill sites could reduce the population dynamics of various insect pests, and health risks could be decreased in low-and middle-income countries.

Keywords: Caliphorids; Disease vectors; Environmental pollution; Insect diversity; Insect pollinators.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Ecosystem*
Garbage*
Humans
Insect Control
Insecta / physiology*
Waste Disposal Facilities*