Socio-environmental Panorama in the Vicinity of a Sanitary Landfill: The Risk for Aerosols of Leachates and Microbiological Air Transport

Aurora Hernández Cruz

Department of Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH] Institute of Health Sciences-Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico.

María Elena Cruz Cortés

Department of Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH] Institute of Health Sciences-Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico.

Iracema Islas Vega

Department of Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH] Institute of Health Sciences-Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico.

Jeiry Toribio Jiménez

Department of Microbiology in University Autonomus of Guerrero, [UAGro], México.

Josefina Reynoso Vázquez

Department of Pharmacy and Masters in Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH], México.

María del Consuelo Cabrera Morales

Department of Medicine and Masters in Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH], México.

Jesús Carlos Ruvalcaba Ledezma *

Department of Medicine and Masters in Public Health, [ICSa-UAEH], México.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Aim: To describe the socio-environmental situation in the vicinity of the Tecámac landfill and the health risk associated with leachates and microbiological air transport.

Methodology: An exploratory study was carried out from a visit to the sanitary landfill through direct observation, interviews with sanitary workers and people affected by living in the immediacy of the landfill. Samples of leachate and soil these were analyzed in the laboratory, firstly to achieve the recoverability in Agar Soy Tripticase [AST] and proceeded to their identification by biochemical tests.

Results: Among the chemical products perceived when visiting this socio-environmental context is hydrogen sulfide, which impacts the nervous system at the level of neurobiological vitality. The acute-chronic exposure in the population adjacent to the landfill and its leachates is enough to insist that environmental control of this area be warranted. Among the bacteria detected, 60% were Gram-positive bacilli and 30% were Gram-negative bacilli. Bacteria present in this environment are: Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtillis, Bacillus sp and Pseudomonas aeuroginosa, P. putida, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae. Conversation with people denotes exposure to chemicals-microorganisms and risks to human health.

Conclusion: The presence of microorganisms and virulence profile are aspects to be considered in these bacteria is their virulence profile, and their biotechnological profile when they present an effect as generators of plant growth. For this reason, the study of this type of bacteria is transcendent in the fields of Environmental Sciences and Public Health.

Keywords: Aerosols-microorganisms, health risks, chemical agents, landfill, leachate


How to Cite

Cruz, Aurora Hernández, María Elena Cruz Cortés, Iracema Islas Vega, Jeiry Toribio Jiménez, Josefina Reynoso Vázquez, María del Consuelo Cabrera Morales, and Jesús Carlos Ruvalcaba Ledezma. 2024. “Socio-Environmental Panorama in the Vicinity of a Sanitary Landfill: The Risk for Aerosols of Leachates and Microbiological Air Transport”. Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 23 (8):44-51. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2024/v23i8583.