Local Health Impacts of Land Application of Sewage Sludge

污泥土地利用对当地健康的影响

• 批准号: 7663902
• 负责人: Steven B Wing
• 金额: $ 52.45万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-12 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7663902
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 16,000 municipal waste water treatment plants in the US produce over seven million tons (dry weight) of residual sludge each year; most is applied to agricultural lands as free fertilizer. This sludge, also known as biosolids, consists of sediments resulting from the treatment of waste water from homes, streets, schools, hospitals, and industries. In addition to nutrients useful for agriculture sludges contain pathogens, allergens, metals, industrial chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. As land application of sludges has increased, neighboring rural residents have reported health problems and impaired quality of life. Residents whose concerns have been dismissed by government officials have low trust in authorities and in health research conducted by government agencies and university researchers who have ties with sludge generators and industries that profit from sludge disposal. Many affected communities are in low income, rural areas, making land application of sludge an environmental justice issue. Since the 1990's community members from across the country have organized through conferences and the internet to seek assistance in conducting research into health problems that may be caused by land application of sewage sludge, and to educate citizens and government officials. Using CBPR methods developed in prior research on human exposure to hog waste, and building on community and research partnerships solidified at a recent participatory workshop, we propose to conduct an assessment of off-site migration of sludge constituents linked to an epidemiologic study of neighbors of sites permitted for land application of sludges. We will recruit neighbors of sites permitted for sludge application in North Carolina and Virginia to participate in a one-year longitudinal study of environmental exposures, symptoms, physiological functioning, and health- related quality of life. Neighbors in two types of areas will participate: areas where permits have been issued but no land application has yet occurred; and areas where sludges have been recently applied. Recruitment will be accompanied by environmental health and environmental justice education conducted under the leadership of experienced community based organizations.

描述（由申请人提供）：美国约有16,000个市政废水处理厂每年生产超过700万吨（干重）的残留污泥；大多数人作为自由肥料应用于农业土地。这种污泥，也称为生物固体，由由家庭，街道，学校，医院和工业的废水处理产生的沉积物组成。除了对农业污泥有用的营养外，还含有病原体，过敏原，金属，工业化学物质和药物。随着污泥的土地应用的增加，邻近的农村居民报告了健康问题和生活质量受损。政府官员驳回了关注的居民对当局以及政府机构和大学研究人员进行的卫生研究信任较低，这些研究人员与污泥发电机和行业有联系，从污泥处置中获利。许多受影响的社区处于低收入，农村地区，使污泥的土地应用成为环境正义问题。自1990年的社区成员以来，全国各地的社区成员通过会议和互联网组织，寻求帮助进行对健康问题的研究，这可能是由于污水污泥的土地施用可能引起的，并教育公民和政府官员。使用CBPR方法在人类暴露于猪废物的事先研究中开发，并建立在最近的参与式研讨会上巩固的社区和研究合作伙伴关系，我们建议评估与污泥组成部分相关的现场迁移，这些污泥成分的现场迁移与允许奴隶制地面申请地点的邻居的流行病学研究有关。我们将招募北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州允许使用污泥的邻居，以参加一年的环境暴露，症状，生理功能和与健康相关的生活质量的纵向研究。两种类型地区的邻居将参与：已颁发许可证但尚未发生土地申请的地区；以及最近应用污迹的地区。招聘将伴随着在经验丰富的社区组织的领导下进行的环境健康和环境正义教育。