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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2017, Volume 11, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11783-017-0901-2

Pollution of hazardous substances in industrial construction and demolition wastes and their multi-path risk within an abandoned pesticide manufacturing plant

. The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. .. Shanghai Chengpei Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200232, China. .. Tianjin Academy of Environmental Sciences, Tianjin 300191, China. .. Debin Environmental Protection and Technology Holding Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200092, China. .. Shanghai Design Institute in Environmental Sanitary Engineering, Shanghai 200092, China

Available online: 2017-01-10

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Abstract

Pollution pattern of metals and organic pesticide in demolition waste is studied. Organophosphorus pesticide can be everlasting on surface of demolition waste. Leaching potential of pollutants from simulated and onsite waste varies spatially. Direct oral and dermal ingestion, leaching potential into water exceed the limit. Implications for demolition waste management in industrial plants are proposed. Exploration of heavy metals and organic pollutants, their leaching capacity along with health and environmental risks in contaminated industrial construction and demolition waste (ICDW) within a pesticide manufacturing plant were investigated. A maximum content of 90.8 mg·kg Cd was found present in the wastes, which might originate from phosphorus rocks and industrial sulfuric acid used in pesticide production processes. An average concentration of 979.8 mg·kg dichlorovos and other 11 organophosphorus pesticide were also detected. Relatively high leaching rates of around 4.14‰ were obtained from laboratory simulated ICDW using both glacial acetic acid- sodium hydroxide and deionized water. Pesticide pollutants had the strongest tendency to retaining on dry bricks (leaching rate 1.68‰) compared to mortar-coatings, etc. due to their different physical characteristics and octanol-water partioning coefficient. Mobility of pesticide from on-site ICDW by water was spatially correlated to waste types, process sections and human activities, with a flux of leaching rate between 5.9‰ to 27.4%. Risk-based corrective action (RBCA) model was used to simulate the risk of contaminated ICDW debris randomly scattered. Oral and dermal ingestion amount by local workers was 9.8 × 10 and 1.9 × 10 mg·(kg·d) , respectively. Potential leaching risk to aquatic systems exceeded the limit for nearly 75% waste. Environmental and health risk exceedance was found in most ICDW, while the risk value of the most severely contaminated brick waste was 660 times beyond critical level. Implications for waste management involving construction and deconstruction work, waste transferring and regulation supplying were also provided.

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