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›› 2014, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 410-417.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2014.03.017

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Health risk assessment of Pb emissions from MSW incineration plants

LIAO Zhiheng1,2, REN Mingzhong2, SUN Jiaren1,2, FAN Shaojia1, WU Dui1,3   

  1. 1. School of Environmental Science and Engineer, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    2. South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Guangzhou 510655, China;
    3. Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Guangzhou 510080, China
  • Received:2013-06-25 Revised:2013-11-11 Online:2014-05-15

Abstract:

Atmospheric concentration of Pb from MSW incineration plants in the studied city was estimated by using CALPUFF model, and then inhalational health risk was assessed. The results indicate that, affected by local meteorological conditions and terrain, the concentration distribution shows significant seasonal variations and topography-dependent characteristics. In autumn and winter, Pb diffuses widely and spreads mainly in the southwest part of the city, with the maximal concentrations of 7.9 × 10-3 and 7.0 × 10-3 μg/m3, respectively. The diffusion area is relatively small in spring and summer, with the maximum values of 5.4 × 10-3 and 7.5 × 10-3 μg/m3, respectively, in the central region. The inhalational risk distribution is consistent with Pb concentration distribution. Children's exposure risk is nearly 2 times of the risk of adults, and males have slightly higher risk than females. The risk is negligible, compared with the risk reference recommended by USEPA, and it is even less than 4% of the background risk..

Key words: CALPUFF model, MSW incineration, Pb, health risk assessment

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