Morbidity and mortality of people who live close to municipal waste landfills: a multisite cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 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.

Methods

A 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 confounder

SUBMITTER: Mataloni F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5005946 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature