Evaluation of metal aerosols in four communities adjacent to metal recyclers in Houston, Texas, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  J Air Waste Manag Assoc
• Personal Author:
  Han, Inkyu ; Richner, Donald ; An Han, Heyreoun ; Hopkins, Loren ; James, Daisy ; Symanski, Elaine
• Description:
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  In Houston, Texas, residents complained about air quality related to metal recyclers from 2006 to 2011. Using a community-based participatory research method, metal emissions were characterized at four environmental justice communities. The results indicate that metal concentrations were the highest at the fence line and decreased by 57–70% within 100 meters and reached similar levels of background at 600 meters. After adjusting the measured data for meteorological parameters and operating hours, estimated inhalation cancer risks ranged from 0.12 cases to 24 cases in 1 million people and hazard index values ranged from 0.04 to 11.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aerosols Air Pollutants Arsenic Cities Environmental Monitoring Humans Inhalation Exposure Metals Neoplasms Particulate Matter Recycling Risk Assessment Texas

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• Source:
  J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 70(5):568-579
• Pubmed ID:
  32315255
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7390491
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 ES030285/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 ES023563/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008421/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7fde06b774df3e5aa7268a6cde08456d4052081df1bf10aeb2a650489e833209a08a6d14a940df0ce02dba80b33976236d2d0a943d52977dced27b3eb75e2b04
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