@article{ART002892901},
author={Jihyeong Lee and Yong-Chul Jang and Kwangsoo Cheon and Kim Bo-Ra},
title={Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex},
journal={Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment},
issn={1225-7184},
year={2022},
volume={31},
number={5},
pages={321-333}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jihyeong Lee
AU - Yong-Chul Jang
AU - Kwangsoo Cheon
AU - Kim Bo-Ra
TI - Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex
JO - Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
PY - 2022
VL - 31
IS - 5
PB - Korean Society Of Environmental Impact Assessment
SP - 321
EP - 333
SN - 1225-7184
AB - In this study, the concentration and distribution characteristics of BTEX (benzene toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) emitted from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex were examined to determine their potential hazards to local residents. Residents living nearby the complex areas may be exposed to the chemicals through various media (air, water, and soil), especially by air. This study evaluated human health risks by inhalation using both deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment approaches. As a result of the deterministic risk assessment, the non-cancer risk was much lower than the regulation limit of hazard index (HI 1.0) for all the points. However, in case of cancer risk evaluation, it was found that the risk of excess cancer for benzene at point A located in the industrial complex was 2.28×10-6 , which slightly exceeded the standard regulatory limit of 1.0×10-6 . In addition, the probabilistic risk assessment revealed that the percentile exceeding the standard of 1.0×10-6 was found to be 45.3%. The sensitivity analysis showed that exposure time (ET) had the greatest impact on the results. Based on the risk assessment study, it implied that ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylene had little adverse effects on potential human exposure, but benzene often exceeded the cancer risk standard (1.0×10-6 ). Further studies on extensive VOCs monitoring are needed to evaluate the potential risks of industrial complex areas.
KW - BTEX;Petrochemical Industrial complex;Deterministic Risk Assessment;Probabilistic Risk Assessment
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Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon and Kim Bo-Ra. (2022). Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 31(5), 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon and Kim Bo-Ra. 2022, "Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex", Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, vol.31, no.5 pp.321-333.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon, Kim Bo-Ra "Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 31.5 pp.321-333 (2022) : 321.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon, Kim Bo-Ra. Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex. 2022; 31(5), 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon and Kim Bo-Ra. "Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 31, no.5 (2022) : 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee; Yong-Chul Jang; Kwangsoo Cheon; Kim Bo-Ra. Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 31(5), 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee; Yong-Chul Jang; Kwangsoo Cheon; Kim Bo-Ra. Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment. 2022; 31(5) 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon, Kim Bo-Ra. Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex. 2022; 31(5), 321-333.

Jihyeong Lee, Yong-Chul Jang, Kwangsoo Cheon and Kim Bo-Ra. "Human Health Risk Assessment of BTEX from Daesan Petrochemical Industrial Complex" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 31, no.5 (2022) : 321-333.