LANDFILLS?

SEVERAL TYPES OF LANDFILLS: 1) Landfills for inert wastes only 2) Landfills for non hazardous waste 3) Landfills for hazardous waste

Impacts on health of emission from landfills sites

Documents of health protection agency,2011

Main sources of landfills emission:

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) The waste material brought to the sites Emissions from transport Waste blown by the wind Dust generated from the surface of landfills Waste materials deposited in the landfills Gas generated (not collected or treated) Leachate/ discharges of substances to treat leachate

1) ACID GASES

5) METAL COMPOUNDS

2) TOXIC ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS EMISSION

6) ODOURS

3) OTHER GASES

7) LEACHATE

4) PARTICULATE MATTER

8) BIOAEROSOL

Epidemiological studies: landfills and health outcomes

CANCER

BIRTH DEFECTS

OTHERS; SLEEPINESS, HEADACHE, FATIGUE