Health impact assessment of benzene levels emitted by gas stations in the city of La Plata, Argentina

dc.contributorColman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
dc.creatorLefevre, Maria L.
dc.creatorAguilar Ferraro, Santiago
dc.creatorColman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
dc.creatorSanchez, Erica Yanina
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T00:06:37Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T00:06:37Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/172436
dc.identifierLefevre, Maria L.; Aguilar Ferraro, Santiago; Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban; Sanchez, Erica Yanina; Health impact assessment of benzene levels emitted by gas stations in the city of La Plata, Argentina; Nova Science Publishers; 1; 1; 2021; 209-230
dc.identifier978-1-53619-544-6
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8543107
dc.descriptionActivities carried out in gas stations mainly filling processes expose the surrounding population to high levels of contamination due to the emissions originated in their normal operations. This work analyzes the impact of these emissions as diffused sources in the city of La Plata (Argentina) and assesses the risk of contracting cancer (LCR) from exposure to the benzene estimated concentrations. To achieve this goal, the AERMOD modeling system was used as a dispersion assessment tool. The results show that, although the estimated concentrations do not represent a risk for the surrounding population, they reach 7.2-8.5 % of the limit concentration recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (corresponding to a LCR of 1 x10-6), regarding chronic exposure to benzene in the adult population. However, the levels may be alarming when considering other significant sources in the region that have not been included in the modeling, such as the petrochemical industrial area and the emission of gases coming from motor vehicles.
dc.descriptionFil: Lefevre, Maria L.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Aguilar Ferraro, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas "Dr. Jorge J. Ronco". Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Sanchez, Erica Yanina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNova Science Publishers
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://novapublishers.com/shop/air-pollution-effects-and-dangers/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectBTEX
dc.subjectLCR
dc.subjectGAS STATIONS
dc.subjectAERMOD
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.titleHealth impact assessment of benzene levels emitted by gas stations in the city of La Plata, Argentina
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