The source and transport of bioaerosols in the air: A review

W Xie, Y Li, W Bai, J Hou, T Ma, X Zeng… - … Science & Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Recent pandemic outbreak of the corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised
widespread concerns about the importance of the bioaerosols. They are atmospheric …

Bioaerosols in the landfill environment: an overview of microbial diversity and potential health hazards

AT Nair - Aerobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Landfilling is one of the indispensable parts of solid waste management in various countries.
Solid waste disposed of in landfill sites provides nutrients for the proliferation of pathogenic …

Landfill: An eclectic review on structure, reactions and remediation approach

T Mondal, M Choudhury, D Kundu, D Dutta… - Waste management, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the enactment of the Clean Water Act (1972), which was supplemented by increased
accountability under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D (1991) …

The exposure risks associated with pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in bioaerosol from municipal landfill and surrounding area

Z Liang, Y Yu, X Wang, W Liao, G Li, T An - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pathogenic microbes with antibiotic resistance can thrive on municipal solid waste as
nutrients and be aerosolized and transported to vicinities during waste disposal processes …

Detection and quantification of enteric pathogens in aerosols near open wastewater canals in cities with poor sanitation

O Ginn, L Rocha-Melogno, A Bivins… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Urban sanitation infrastructure is inadequate in many low-income countries, leading to the
presence of highly concentrated, uncontained fecal waste streams in densely populated …

Multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria in landfill bioaerosols: Environmental conditions and biological risk assessment

WB Morgado-Gamero, A Parody, J Medina… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landfills, as well as other waste management facilities are well-known bioaerosols sources.
These places may foment antibiotic-resistance in bacterial bioaerosol (ARB) due to …

Health risk assessment and characterization of PM2. 5 bound bioaerosols at the municipal solid waste landfill site of Nagpur, India

P Kamdi, S Patil, A Bafana, A Lalwani, A Middey… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2024 - Elsevier
Landfill being the reservoir of organic waste, serves as the most important source in the
generation and emission of bioaerosols in the environment, and these bioaerosols have a …

Response of bioaerosol cells to photocatalytic inactivation with ZnO and TiO2 impregnated onto Perlite and Poraver carriers

M Valdez-Castillo, S Arriaga - Frontiers of Environmental Science & …, 2021 - Springer
Bioaerosols are airborne microorganisms that cause infectious sickness, respiratory and
chronic health issues. They have become a latent threat, particularly in indoor environment …

Chemical and microbiological air quality in a municipal solid waste landfill and its surroundings, in south-eastern Romania

M Pop, I Bucur, D Zoldan, K Imre, I Nichita, G Cristina… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to assess the microbiological and chemical air quality in a
municipal solid waste landfill and its inhabited surroundings, in a particular context in which …

Evaluation of pathogen spread risk from excavated landfill

X Wu, D Shen, C Hui, Q Yu, Y Long - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Landfill is a huge pathogen reservoir and needs special attention. Herein, the distribution
and spread risk of pathogen were assessed in excavated landfill scenario. The results show …