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Characteristics and emission data for the 9 study areas |
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| Area of interest |
Surface (km2) |
Number of inhabitants* |
Characteristics and sources of pollution |
Pesticide use (kg/km2)** |
Industrial Emission to air (per year)*** |
Industrial Emission to surface water (per year)*** |
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| Antwerp |
81 |
404,241 |
Metallurgic industry, large non-ferrous smelter, important highways, huge traffic |
13.3 |
80 kg PAH |
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| Antwerp Port |
179 |
64,510 |
Huge petrochemical industries, chemical and plastic industry, production of pesticides |
117 |
15 kg Cd |
15 kg Pb |
| 837.5 kg PAH |
4.03 kg Cd |
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| 93,729 kg benzene |
4.1 kg pesticides |
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| 3.2 kg PAH |
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| 640.9 kg benzene |
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| Fruit area |
362 |
95,829 |
Apple and pear orchards: more than 10 hectares per km2 |
617 |
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| Olen |
183 |
68,068 |
Large non-ferrous smelter, delineated in function of modelled, calculated immission of at least 0.9 ng lead per m3 from the non-ferrous smelter. Chemical, plastic and automobile industry. Rural areas |
34.6 |
810 kg Pb |
88 kg Pb |
| 87 kg Cd |
39.71 kg Cd |
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| 4,050 kg benzene |
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| Ghent |
100 |
213,025 |
Metallurgic and automobile industry, intensive traffic |
27.7 |
150 kg Pb |
24.7 kg Pb |
| Waste incinerators |
37 |
56,405 |
Waste water and waste treatment. Delineated in function of modelled, calculated immission of at least 1.2 mg smoke per m3 from the waste incinerator |
80.1 |
14 kg Cd |
48.7 kg Pb |
| 1.89 kg PAH |
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| Rural area |
1181 |
153,770 |
Less than 250 inhabitants per km2. No highways crossing the municipalities. No industries reported in the emission inventory of the Flemish Environmental protection agency. |
233 |
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| Albert canal |
711 |
64,763 |
Chemical and plastic industries, rural areas, production of electricity |
20.8 |
430 kg benzene |
59.5 kg Pb |
| 67.36 kg Cd |
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| Ghent Port |
202 |
65,554 |
Mainly metallurgic industries |
99.2 |
34,500 kg Pb |
1,690 kg Pb |
| 542.1 kg Cd |
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| 1,823 kg PAH |
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| 225 kg benzene |
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| Total |
3036 |
1,186,165 |
35,460 kg Pb |
1,925.9 kg Pb |
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| 658,1 kg Cd |
111.1 kg Cd |
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| 2,740.5 kg PAH |
4.1 kg pesticides |
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| 98,434 kg benzene |
5.09 kg PAH |
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| 640.9 kg benzene |
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* Based on the number of inhabitants of 1998; ** Belgian ministry of Economic affairs and Institute for Social and Economic Geography, Catholic University of Leuven; *** Emissions of pollutants reported by the emitting companies themselves to the Flemish Environmental Protection Agency http://www.vmm.be. | ||||||
De Coster et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:26 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-26 |
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