Fuzzy Modelling of Benzene Health Risk Assessment in Khark Island Publisher



Ahmadi Givi A¹ ; Karimi S² ; Jafari HR² ; Hassanvand MS^{3, 4} Show Affiliations
Source: Air Quality# Atmosphere and Health Published:2022

Abstract

There is ample evidence of the health effects of pollutants on personnel working in operational areas and industrial oil and gas extraction and processing sites compared to other industrial sites. Benzene is one of the most important pollutants emitted from these areas. Workers’ health is the most important factor in industrial area management. The changes in carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic chronic daily intake and hazard quotient in different seasons are the gap of health impact assessment. To this end, we need to present a new approach to benzene exposure risk estimation in an industrial area. For this purpose, the risk of exposure to benzene was calculated and mapped using the fuzzy membership function. The result of this study showed that the amount of benzene in winter is higher and therefore the risk of carcinogenicity and non-carcinogenicity of exposure to benzene is higher. Also, the amount of changes from February 2018 to February 2019 indicates the development of oil facility activities on the island. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.