title: Methodological approach for an integrated environmental monitoring system relative to heavy metals from an incineration plant.
abstract: The use of an Integrated Environmental Monitoring System is an innovative and very important approach for the determination of environmental impacts due to a contamination source. In the present work, the methodological approach is described and applied to the case study of a MSW incineration plant. Heavy metals were chosen as Environmental Indicators. Gaseous emissions were measured and correlated to wet and dry depositions, soil and vegetation samples. Results show a good correlation between stack emissions and atmospheric depositions; less with soil and vegetation, but these results are important in order to design a standard procedure for an Integrated Monitoring System.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Facoltà di Chimica Industriale, Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. morselli@ms.fci.unibo.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morselli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Passarini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zamagni
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brusori
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D017745:Incineration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D007558:Italy; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants