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PARTICLE AND FIBRE TOXICOLOGY
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-021-00435-w
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Military burn pit smoke; Inhalation; Lung toxicity; Mutagenicity; Particulate matter
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- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) [W81XWH-18-1-0731]
- Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [R03ES032539]
The study found that the adverse health effects of burn pit smoke exposure vary depending on the type of waste and combustion temperature, with burning plastic at high temperatures being the most significant contributor to toxicity outcomes. These findings help better understand the complex chemical and combustion temperature factors that determine the toxicity of burn pit smoke and its potential health risks at military bases.
Background Open burning of anthropogenic sources can release hazardous emissions and has been associated with increased prevalence of cardiopulmonary health outcomes. Exposure to smoke emitted from burn pits in military bases has been linked with respiratory illness among military and civilian personnel returning from war zones. Although the composition of the materials being burned is well studied, the resulting chemistry and potential toxicity of the emissions are not. Methods Smoke emission condensates from either flaming or smoldering combustion of five different types of burn pit-related waste: cardboard; plywood; plastic; mixture; and mixture/diesel, were obtained from a laboratory-scale furnace coupled to a multistage cryotrap system. The primary emissions and smoke condensates were analyzed for a standardized suite of chemical species, and the condensates were studied for pulmonary toxicity in female CD-1 mice and mutagenic activity in Salmonella (Ames) mutagenicity assay using the frameshift strain TA98 and the base-substitution strain TA100 with and without metabolic activation (S9 from rat liver). Results Most of the particles in the smoke emitted from flaming and smoldering combustion were less than 2.5 mu m in diameter. Burning of plastic containing wastes (plastic, mixture, or mixture/diesel) emitted larger amounts of particulate matter (PM) compared to other types of waste. On an equal mass basis, the smoke PM from flaming combustion of plastic containing wastes caused more inflammation and lung injury and was more mutagenic than other samples, and the biological responses were associated with elevated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels. Conclusions This study suggests that adverse health effects of burn pit smoke exposure vary depending on waste type and combustion temperature; however, burning plastic at high temperature was the most significant contributor to the toxicity outcomes. These findings will provide a better understanding of the complex chemical and combustion temperature factors that determine toxicity of burn pit smoke and its potential health risks at military bases.
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