| Literature DB >> 26093783 |
Scott Weichenthal1, David Van Rijswijk2, Ryan Kulka2, Hongyu You2, Keith Van Ryswyk2, Jeff Willey2, Rose Dugandzic2, Roger Sutcliffe2, Jamessee Moulton3, Maureen Baike4, Luc White5, Jean-Pierre Charland5, Barry Jessiman2.
Abstract
A large landfill fire occurred in Iqaluit, Canada in spring/summer 2014. Air quality data were collected to characterize emissions as well as potential threats to public health. Criteria pollutants were monitored (PM2.5, O3, NO2) along with dioxins/furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds. Median daily dioxin/furan concentrations were 66-times higher during active burning (0.2 pg/m(3) Toxic Equivalency Quotient (TEQ)) compared to after the fire was extinguished (0.003 pg/m(3) TEQ). Other pollutants changed less dramatically. Our findings suggest that airborne concentrations of potentially harmful substances may be elevated during landfill fires even when criteria air pollutants remain largely unchanged. CrownEntities:
Keywords: Air pollution; Dioxins; Dioxins/furans; Landfill fire; NO(2); Nunavut; O(3); PAHs; PM(2.5); VOCs
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26093783 DOI： 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Res ISSN： 0013-9351 Impact factor: 6.498