Method for estimating the population risk attributable to a transfer station of municipal solid waste
Santos-Burgoa, C.; Rojas-Bracho, L.; Barrera-Romero, N.; Ongay-Delhumeau, E.; Escamilla-Cejudo, J.A.
Salud Publica de Mexico 34(5): 489-498
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-3634 PMID: 1440043 Document Number: 391044
Due to the great volume of municipal solid waste that is produced daily in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City a sound management has been an impossible task. This is why during the past few years solid waste transfer stations have been constructed in the City, allowing a more efficient solid waste collection. The attributable risk to the population's health for the operation of such stations needs to be assessed in order to have them working within the urbanized areas without posing a potential risk to the health of the inhabitants of the inhabitants of the surrounding areas.