Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill: virtual
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 In addition to concerns about persistent landfill gas odors, people
living near a landfill may be concerned about the health effects
of exposures to the landfill gas mixture or specific landfill gas
constituents, both in the short term and in the long term.
 Odor-producing
chemicals (i.e., hydrogen sulfide and ammonia) are not likely to
produce long-term adverse health effects at the levels typically
associated with landfill emissions. The odors associated with these
chemicals can, however, cause acute (short-term) effects, such
as nausea and headaches. Acute effects from other chemicals found
in landfill gas are usually produced only when an individual is
exposed at relatively high concentrations (i.e., at concentrations
greater than those expected to be present in ambient air near a
landfill). Acute effects are usually reversed when the odor or
exposure ends.
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