Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
Volume 42, Issue 11, Pages 3779-3794Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00639-7
Keywords
Municipal solid waste incineration fly ash; Ceramsite; Heavy metals; Environmental risk assessment; Health risk assessment
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Funding
- National Key RAMP
- D Program of China [2019YFC1908100]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [71974116]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2019MG009]
- Key RAMP
- D Project of Shandong Province [2018GSF122005, 2019RZE27013, 2019RKE27001]
- Shandong Provincial Social Science Planning Research Project [20CGLJ13]
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Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) for power generation can reuse waste effectively, but it generates a large amount of fly ash enriched with heavy metals. If this fly ash cannot be treated properly, it can cause ecological damage and human health risk. According to the production of ceramsites from MSWI fly ash, an evaluation methodology is established, in which the influence of heavy metal stability on the environment is considered for the first time, and the health risks of heavy metals via different exposure pathways are distinguished. The results show that heavy metals in MSWI fly ash have moderate potential environmental risks to environment and have strong non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks both to children and adults. By contrast, heavy metals in ceramsites pose little risk to environment and human health. This paper explains some reasons of heavy metal content and leaching ratio change in ceramsite and also illustrates why stability is a concern through comparing the potential risk index method and the improved evaluation method. This evaluation system can be applied to different production processes of building materials using solid hazardous waste and provides a quantitative evaluation method for reducing environment and human health risks of heavy metals.
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