Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 6354-6374Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110606354
Keywords
exposure assessment; service station; health risk assessment; hazard quotient; cancer risk; overall risk probability
Funding
- Delta State Government, Nigeria
- Griffith University
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A comprehensive evaluation of the adverse health effects of human exposures to BTX from service station emissions was carried out using BTX exposure data from the scientific literature. The data was grouped into different scenarios based on activity, location and occupation and plotted as Cumulative Probability Distributions (CPD) plots. Health risk was evaluated for each scenario using the Hazard Quotient (HQ) at 50% (C-EXP50) and 95% (C-EXP95) exposure levels. HQ(50) and HQ(95) > 1 were obtained with benzene in the scenario for service station attendants and mechanics repairing petrol dispensing pumps indicating a possible health risk. The risk was minimized for service stations using vapour recovery systems which greatly reduced the benzene exposure levels. HQ(50) and HQ(95) < 1 were obtained for all other scenarios with benzene suggesting minimal risk for most of the exposed population. However, HQ(50) and HQ(95) < 1 was also found with toluene and xylene for all scenarios, suggesting minimal health risk. The lifetime excess Cancer Risk (CR) and Overall Risk Probability for cancer on exposure to benzene was calculated for all Scenarios and this was higher amongst service station attendants than any other scenario.
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