title: [Review of significant studies on monomer vinyl chloride produced in municipal waste landfill plants].
abstract: It is known that presently in Italy about 78% of generated urban waste solids get deposited in waste dumpsites. As of today, there is little known knowledge regarding the quality of the ambient surrounding dumpsites. Therefore it has become extremely important to understand the "risk factors" associated with a dumpsite. Through recent studies carried out mostly in the USA, there is evidence of widespread presence of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) in the environment in proximity of industrial as well as urban dumpsites. The following is a summary of the most significant study reports with respect to the above. From an estimate based on study results, it is estimated that waste dumpsites in the USA emit altogether between 60 and 33,000 tons/year of vinyl chloride monomer into the atmosphere and ground water. Consequently these studies have shown the necessity to include vinyl chloride monomer amongst the monitoring parameters at waste dumpsites both during the operational phase, as well as during the post mortem phase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Igiene Ambientale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Musmeci
mesh_terms: D007558:Italy; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D014504:Urban Health; D014752:Vinyl Chloride / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014752:Vinyl Chloride
vernacular_title: Sintesi degli studi significativi inerenti la neoformazione di cloruro di vinile monomero in impianti di discarica di rifiuti urbani.