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Bioaerosols from Land‐Applied Biosolids: Issues and Needs
Author(s) -
Pillai Suresh D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143007x156763
Subject(s) - biosolids , indoor bioaerosol , manure , environmental science , human health , environmental planning , compost , public health , waste management , business , environmental protection , environmental health , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , medicine , biology , nursing
Bioaerosols are a vehicle for the dissemination of human and animal pathogens. Because of land‐filling costs and the ban on ocean dumping of municipal biosolids, land application of biosolids and animal manure is increasing all over the globe. There is no doubt that the creation, generation, and disposal of human and animal wastes increases the aerosolization potential of a wide variety of microbial pathogens and related pollutants. In an attempt to address public health issues associated with the land application of municipal biosolids, the U.S. National Research Council (Washington, D.C.) published a report on this issue in 2002. This paper focuses on the current information and technology gaps related to estimating the public health risks associated with bioaerosols during the land application of biosolids.