Exposure to toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide illegally dumped in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Introduction On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. Seventeen deaths were associated with toxic waste exposure. Materials and methods This study reports o...
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| description | Introduction
On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. Seventeen deaths were associated with toxic waste exposure.
Materials and methods
This study reports on environmental and health problems associated with the incident. A cross-sectional transect study was conducted in five waste dumping site areas.
Results
Of the households, 62.1% (
n
= 502) were exposed to the effects of the pollutants and 51.1% of the interviewed people (
n
= 2,368) in these households showed signs of poisoning. Most important symptoms were cough (37.1%), asthenia (33.1%), pruritus (29.9%) and nausea (29.1%).
Discussion
The health effects showed different frequencies in the five waste impact sites. Among the poisoned persons, 21.1% (
n
= 532) presented symptoms on the survey day (i.e., 4 months after incident). Transect sampling allowed to determine a radius of vulnerability to exposure of up to 3 km from the point of toxic waste disposal.
Conclusion
The area of higher vulnerability is influenced by various environmental factors, such as size and severity of pollution site, duration of toxic waste pollution on the impact site and locally climatic conditions. The surveillance of effects on environment and human health is warranted to monitor the development. |
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On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. Seventeen deaths were associated with toxic waste exposure.
Materials and methods
This study reports on environmental and health problems associated with the incident. A cross-sectional transect study was conducted in five waste dumping site areas.
Results
Of the households, 62.1% (
n
= 502) were exposed to the effects of the pollutants and 51.1% of the interviewed people (
n
= 2,368) in these households showed signs of poisoning. Most important symptoms were cough (37.1%), asthenia (33.1%), pruritus (29.9%) and nausea (29.1%).
Discussion
The health effects showed different frequencies in the five waste impact sites. Among the poisoned persons, 21.1% (
n
= 532) presented symptoms on the survey day (i.e., 4 months after incident). Transect sampling allowed to determine a radius of vulnerability to exposure of up to 3 km from the point of toxic waste disposal.
Conclusion
The area of higher vulnerability is influenced by various environmental factors, such as size and severity of pollution site, duration of toxic waste pollution on the impact site and locally climatic conditions. The surveillance of effects on environment and human health is warranted to monitor the development.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0944-1344</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1614-7499</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0823-2</identifier><identifier>PMID: 22392688</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag</publisher><subject>Adolescent ; Adult ; Analysis ; Aquatic Pollution ; Asthenia ; Asthenia - epidemiology ; Asthenia - etiology ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Climatic conditions ; Cote d'Ivoire - epidemiology ; Cough ; Cough - epidemiology ; Cough - etiology ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Ecotoxicology ; Environment ; Environmental Chemistry ; Environmental cleanup ; Environmental effects ; Environmental Exposure ; Environmental factors ; Environmental Health ; Environmental monitoring ; Environmental Pollution ; Epidemiology ; Female ; Global positioning systems ; GPS ; Hazardous materials ; Hazardous Waste ; Hazardous wastes ; Health problems ; Households ; Humans ; Hydrogen ; Hydrogen sulfide ; Hydrogen Sulfide - toxicity ; Incidence ; Male ; Nausea - epidemiology ; Nausea - etiology ; Poisoning ; Pollutants ; Pollution ; Prevalence ; Pruritus ; Pruritus - epidemiology ; Pruritus - etiology ; Public health ; Research Article ; Sample size ; Studies ; Unconsciousness ; Waste disposal ; Waste Water Technology ; Water Management ; Water Pollution Control ; Young Adult</subject><ispartof>Environmental science and pollution research international, 2012-09, Vol.19 (8), p.3192-3199</ispartof><rights>Springer-Verlag 2012</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c3202-1f5ae626ee4fce872f9755bd91d11394b97c0e08ea01d7591c4e281655ff5da73</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c3202-1f5ae626ee4fce872f9755bd91d11394b97c0e08ea01d7591c4e281655ff5da73</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-012-0823-2$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11356-012-0823-2$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27901,27902,41464,42533,51294</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22392688$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Dongo, Kouassi</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Tiembré, Issiaka</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Koné, Blaise Atioumonou</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Zurbrügg, Christian</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Odermatt, Peter</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Tanner, Marcel</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Zinsstag, Jakob</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Cissé, Guéladio</creatorcontrib><title>Exposure to toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide illegally dumped in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire</title><title>Environmental science and pollution research international</title><addtitle>Environ Sci Pollut Res</addtitle><addtitle>Environ Sci Pollut Res Int</addtitle><description>Introduction
On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. Seventeen deaths were associated with toxic waste exposure.
Materials and methods
This study reports on environmental and health problems associated with the incident. A cross-sectional transect study was conducted in five waste dumping site areas.
Results
Of the households, 62.1% (
n
= 502) were exposed to the effects of the pollutants and 51.1% of the interviewed people (
n
= 2,368) in these households showed signs of poisoning. Most important symptoms were cough (37.1%), asthenia (33.1%), pruritus (29.9%) and nausea (29.1%).
Discussion
The health effects showed different frequencies in the five waste impact sites. Among the poisoned persons, 21.1% (
n
= 532) presented symptoms on the survey day (i.e., 4 months after incident). Transect sampling allowed to determine a radius of vulnerability to exposure of up to 3 km from the point of toxic waste disposal.
Conclusion
The area of higher vulnerability is influenced by various environmental factors, such as size and severity of pollution site, duration of toxic waste pollution on the impact site and locally climatic conditions. 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On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. Seventeen deaths were associated with toxic waste exposure.
Materials and methods
This study reports on environmental and health problems associated with the incident. A cross-sectional transect study was conducted in five waste dumping site areas.
Results
Of the households, 62.1% (
n
= 502) were exposed to the effects of the pollutants and 51.1% of the interviewed people (
n
= 2,368) in these households showed signs of poisoning. Most important symptoms were cough (37.1%), asthenia (33.1%), pruritus (29.9%) and nausea (29.1%).
Discussion
The health effects showed different frequencies in the five waste impact sites. Among the poisoned persons, 21.1% (
n
= 532) presented symptoms on the survey day (i.e., 4 months after incident). Transect sampling allowed to determine a radius of vulnerability to exposure of up to 3 km from the point of toxic waste disposal.
Conclusion
The area of higher vulnerability is influenced by various environmental factors, such as size and severity of pollution site, duration of toxic waste pollution on the impact site and locally climatic conditions. The surveillance of effects on environment and human health is warranted to monitor the development.</abstract><cop>Berlin/Heidelberg</cop><pub>Springer-Verlag</pub><pmid>22392688</pmid><doi>10.1007/s11356-012-0823-2</doi><tpages>8</tpages></addata></record> |
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