ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2016
Morbidity and mortality of people who live close to municipal waste landfills: a multisite cohort study.
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- Municipal Solid Waste Management and Adverse Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Air quality and health risks of residents living near a landfill site in Durban, South Africa.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Respiratory and nervous system effects of a hydrogen sulfide crisis in Carson, California.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Management of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste in the Context of a Sustainable and Circular Model: Analysis of Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Men and women waste pickers on landfills in Johannesburg, South Africa: divergence in health, and socioeconomic status.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Article
- Investigating correlations between illness and defensive behaviour approach: A case of twin cities of Pakistan.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Methane oxidation of residual landfill gas in a full-scale biofilter: human health risk assessment of volatile and malodours compound emissions.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Renal impairment assessment on adults living nearby a landfill: Early kidney dysfunction biomarkers linked to the environmental exposure to heavy metals.Toxicology reports · 2021Article
- Risk Perceptions and Experiences of Residents Living Nearby Municipal Solid Waste Open Dumpsite in Ginchi Town, Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Exposure to waste sites and their impact on health: a panel and geospatial analysis of nationally representative data from South Africa, 2008-2015.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2020Article
- Mortality and Morbidity in a Population Exposed to Emission from a Municipal Waste Incinerator. A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe evidence on the health effects related to residing close to landfills is controversial. Nine landfills for municipal waste have been operating in the Lazio region (Central Italy) for several decades. We evaluated the potential health effects associated with contamination from landfills using the estimated concentration of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) as exposure.
methodsA cohort of residents within 5 km of landfills was enrolled (subjects resident on 1 January 1996 and those who subsequently moved into the areas until 2008) and followed for mortality and hospitalizations until 31 December 2012. Assessment of exposure to the landfill (H2S as a tracer) was performed for each subject at enrolment, using a Lagrangian dispersion model. Information on several confounders was available (gender, age, socioeconomic position, outdoor PM10 concentration, and distance from busy roads and industries). Cox regression analysis was performed [Hazard Ratios (HRs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs)].
resultsThe cohort included 242 409 individuals. H2S exposure was associated with mortality from lung cancer and respiratory diseases (e.g. HR for increment of 1 ng/m(3) H2S: 1.10, 95% CI 1.02-1.19; HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.00-1.19, respectively). There were also associations between H2S and hospitalization for respiratory diseases (HR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.00-1.03), especially acute respiratory infections among children (0-14 years) (HR = 1.06, 95% CI 1.02-1.11).
conclusionsExposure to H2S, a tracer of airborne contamination from landfills, was associated with lung cancer mortality as well as with mortality and morbidity for respiratory diseases. The link with respiratory disease is plausible and coherent with previous studies, whereas the association with lung cancer deserves confirmation.
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