Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
4(1)
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Rapid
population
growth,
industrialization,
and
urbanization
have
contributed
to
the
generation
of
large
volumes
waste,
causing
disposal
challenges.
This
present
study
examined
impact
dumping
sites
on
air,
soil,
water
pollution
in
five
Southern
African
countries.
The
selected
countries
unique
situations
concerning
landfill
caused
by
a
mix
environmental,
social
health
issues.
These
encounter
significant
water,
air
soil
due
inadequate
waste
management
techniques.
adopted
literature
survey
approach,
reviewing
published
papers
reports
chemical
pollutants.
A
total
151
downloaded
papers,
obtained
through
systematic
keyword
searches
across
multiple
databases,
were
analyzed.
pollutants
investigated
include
heavy
metals,
polybrominated
diphenyl
ethers
(PBDEs),
per-
polyfluoroalkyl
substances
(PFAS),
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbon
(PAH)
resources,
polychlorinated
biphenyls
(PCBs).
reported
levels
metals
(lead),
PBDE,
PFAS,
PAHs,
PCBs
ranged
from
23,000
14,600,000
µg/kg,
127-3,702
pg·L-1,
310-1,089
ng·L-1,
45-95
mg/kg,
0.2-5.3
respectively.
results
indicate
that
landfills,
as
well
open
sites,
are
major
threats
surface
underground
resources.
suggests
policies
regulate
monitor
landfills
should
be
implemented
mitigate
environmental
landfills.
