Comprehensive hygienic assessment of ambient air pollution in the area of food and processing industry enterprises’ location

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The purpose of the study is to assess atmospheric air pollution in a city where food and processing enterprises operate using a complex of instrumental, olfacto-odourimetric, calculated, and survey methods.

Materials and methods. Analytical studies of ambient air pollution were performed using the FOCUS GC-DSQ-II chromatography-mass spectrometer. Olfacto-odourimetric studies of the presence and intensity of odour in the area of the enterprises were carried out in accordance with the method of organoleptic control downwind at various distances from sources. The measurement of the odour level at the discharge of the coffee extract spray dryer was carried out by dynamic olfactometry on the ECOMA TO-8 olfactometer. The calculation of odour dispersion was implemented according to a program using a methodology for calculating concentrations of harmful substances in ambient air.

Results. It was established that at the time of the research, the source of a persistent specific odour reaching the residential area was a coffee production enterprise. Up to seventy eight volatile organic compounds in concentrations not exceeding hygienic standards have been identified in the ambient air in the area of the enterprise’s location. Field olfacto-odorimetric studies and the conducted dispersion calculation indicate an offensive odour to be capable of causing “annoyance” to the population (3 points or higher with a probability of ≥ 5% according to the results of field studies or ≥ 3.5 OU (odour units) according to the calculation results) spreads up to 4 km from the main source of emissions.

Limitations. The main limitation of the study is the peculiarities of the operating mode of different enterprises, which makes it difficult to fully assess the environmental situation in the area of their location at the time of the research.

Conclusion. The results of these studies indicate the use of various methodological approaches (field olfacto-odorimetric measurements, calculation of odour dispersion), along with conducting population surveys, to significantly expand the possibilities of instrumental analysis for an objective assessment of ambient air pollution by complex multicomponent mixtures of odorous substances.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study does not require the submission of the conclusion of the biomedical ethics committee.

Contribution:
Budarina O.V. — concept and design of the study, writing the text, editing the article;
Sabirova Z.F. — writing the text, editing the article;
Skovronskaya S.A. — collection and processing of the material, editing the article;
Dodina N.S. — collection and processing of the material;
Kokhan A.A. — statistical analysis;
Malysheva A.G. — collection and the processing of the material.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study was carried out within the framework of the state task No. 1023032300263-5-3.3.5.

Received: February 13, 2024 / Accepted: March 11 2024 / Published: April 10, 2024

About the authors

Olga V. Budarina

Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing

Author for correspondence.
Email: budarina.ov@fncg.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4319-7192

MD, PhD, DSci., Chief Researcher, Department of Public health risk analysis, Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman, Mytischi, 141014, Russian Federation

e-mail: Budarina.ov@fncg.ru

Russian Federation

Zulfiya F. Sabirova

Centre for Strategic Planning of FMBA of Russia

Email: ZSabirova@cspmz.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3505-8344

MD, PhD, DSci., Professor, Lead Researcher, Department of Environmental Hygiene, Centre for Strategic Planning of FMBA of Russia, 119992, Moscow

e-mail: ZSabirova@cspmz.ru

Russian Federation

Svetlana A. Skovronskaya

Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing

Email: sko_sveta@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6374-9292

MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Public health risk analysis, Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman, Mytischi, 141014, Russian Federation

e-mail: sko_sveta@mail.ru

Russian Federation

Natalia S. Dodina

Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing

Email: dodina.ns@fncg.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6693-922X

MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Public health risk analysis, Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman, 141014, Moscow Region, Mytischi, Russian Federation

e-mail: dodina.ns@fncg.ru

Russian Federation

Aleksandra A. Kokhan

Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing

Email: Kokhan.AA@fncg.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0252-0056

Junior Researcher, Department of Public health risk analysis, Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman, 141014, Moscow Region, Mytischi, Russian Federation

e-mail: Kokhan.AA@fncg.ru

Russian Federation

Alla G. Malysheva

Centre for Strategic Planning of FMBA of Russia

Email: AMalysheva@cspmz.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3112-0980

MD, PhD, DSci., Leading Researcher, Department of Environmental Hygiene, Centre for Strategic Planning of FMBA of Russia, Moscow, 119992, Russian Federation

e-mail: AMalysheva@cspmz.ru

Russian Federation

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