Risk perception in the population living near the Turin municipal solid waste incineration plant: survey results before start-up and communication strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The start-up of the Turin municipal solid waste incineration plant (2013) was accompanied by surveillance of health effects, which included a human biomonitoring campaign. Here we present the results of the risk perception survey of local residents before the plant went into operation.

Methods

The survey sample was 394 local residents: 198 residing near the plant (exposed group) and 196 residing in an area distant from the plant site (unexposed group). The survey questionnaire investigated awareness of environmental and health issues, including a section on the perception of environmental health risks. Multivariate Poisson regressions were performed to determine the differences in risk perception between the two groups (exposed vs. unexposed).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Bena A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6498555 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature