Review of biological risks associated with the collection of municipal wastes.
Bioaerosol
Household waste
Occupational exposure
Occupational health
Respiratory disease
Waste collectors
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Oct 2021
15 Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
27
04
2021
revised:
28
05
2021
accepted:
01
06
2021
pubmed:
18
6
2021
medline:
19
8
2021
entrez:
17
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In many countries, the management of household waste has recently changed with an increased focus upon waste sorting resulting in lower collection frequency for some waste fractions. A consequence of this is the potential for increased growth of microorganisms in the waste before collection, which can lead to an increased exposure via inhalation for waste collection workers. Through a review of the literature, we aimed to evaluate risks caused by waste collecting workers' exposure to bioaerosols and to illuminate potential measures to reduce the exposure. Across countries and waste types, median exposure to fungi, bacteria, and endotoxin were typically around 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 34139489
pii: S0048-9697(21)03358-1
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148287
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants, Occupational
0
Dust
0
Endotoxins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
148287Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.