ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Health and Environmental Risks of Residents Living Close to a Landfill: A Case Study of Thohoyandou Landfill, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
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- Culture-based and culture-independent approach for the study of the methanogens and obligate anaerobes from different landfill sites.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- 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
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- Occupational health and safety hazards among solid waste handlers at a selected municipality South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2022Article
- Particulate matter exposure and non-cancerous inhalation health risk assessment of major dumpsites of Oerri metropolis, Nigeria.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2021Article
- Characteristics and health effects of potentially pathogenic bacterial aerosols from a municipal solid waste landfill site in Hamadan, Iran.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Article
- Testing the Role of Waste Management and Environmental Quality on Health Indicators Using Structural Equation Modeling in Pakistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The by-products of solid waste deposited in a landfill has adverse effects on the surrounding environment and humans living closer to landfill sites. This study sought to test the hypothesis that the deposition of waste on landfill has an impact on the surrounding environment and residents living closer to it. This was achieved by evaluating the perception of the respondents drawn from people living close (100-500 m) and far (1-2 km) from the landfill site, concerning environmental issues, health problems, and life satisfaction. Results from the study showed that 78% of participants living closer to the landfill site indicated serious contamination of air quality evident from bad odours linked to the landfill site. Illnesses such as flu, eye irritation and weakness of the body were frequently reported by participants living closer to the landfill than those living far from the landfill. More than half of the participants (56%) living closer to the landfill indicated fear of their health in the future. Thus, the participants living closer to the landfill site were less satisfied with the location of their community with respect to the landfill, than those living far from the landfill site. Therefore, the need for a landfill gas (LFG) utilisation system, proper daily covering of waste and odour diluting agents are necessary to reduce the problems of the residents living closer to the landfill site.
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