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A Case Study of Health Impact Assessment on Incinerator Construction Project - Human Risk Assessment due to Inhalation Exposure to Heavy Metals -  

Kim, Youngha (Korea Environment & Resources Corporation)
Choi, Sangki (Korea Environment Institute)
Lee, Youngsoo (Korea Environment Institute)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.18, no.1, 2009 , pp. 11-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
We conducted human risk assessment due to inhalation exposure to heavy metals emitted from incinerator. The process of health impact assessment(HIA) on incinerator is as follows: The first step is to presume and calculate the amount of heavy metals emitted using emission factor. The second step is to conduct an exposure assessment using the K-SCREEN model which is used for predicting the concentration in a conservative method. The last step is to carry out a risk assessment on carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic substances. This study revealed that rank of carcinogenic human risk was $Cr^{+6}$ > As > Ni > Cd, and values of human risk assessment on carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic substances is lower than the US criteria for risk assessment except $Cr^{+6}$. It is expected that the technique of HIA, especially human risk assessment on heavy metals, would be applied to the incinerator construction project. In addition, more systematic studies are needed to overcome some weak points and limits found in this study.
Keywords
HIA; Incinerator; Heavy Metals; Inhalation Exposure; Human Risk Assessment;
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