Scrap Tires in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso: Ranking the Risks
نویسندگان
چکیده
According to conventional wisdom, rapidly growing stocks of scrap tires on the U.S.–Mexico border pose a variety of health and environmental risks. This article assesses these risks in Paso del Norte, the border’s second-largest metropolis comprised principally of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. We find that air pollution from tire pile fires poses the greatest threat. Scrap tires in Paso del Norte do not contribute significantly to the propagation of mosquito-borne diseases or to shortages of space in solid waste disposal sites. The burning of scrap tires at industrial facilities is minimal and might not have significant adverse environmental impacts even if it were more common.
منابع مشابه
تولید کربن فعال از تایرهای فرسوده با روش ترمو- شیمیایی و ارزیابی کارایی آن درحذف رنگ اسیدی سیاه 1
Background and Objectives: The disposal of waste tires has become an increasingly important issue worldwide in recent years. Tires not only take up large amounts of valuable landfill space, but also create fire hazards and provide a refuge for disease- carrying creatures. The goal of this study was to produce activated carbon from scrap tires .Adsorption of Acid Black1 (AB1) in aqueous solutio...
متن کاملSTUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON SEED GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH ON ALFALFA PLANT (Medicago sativa) GROWN IN SOLID MEDIA
135 STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON SEED GERMINATION AND PLANT GROWTH ON ALFALFA PLANT (Medicago sativa) GROWN IN SOLID MEDIA J.R. Peralta, J.L. Gardea-Torresdey, K.J. Tiemann, E. Gómez, 2 S. Arteaga, E. Rascon, and J.G. Parsons Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968; and ITESM campus Ciudad Juarez, P.O. Box 10482, El Paso,...
متن کاملMaquiladoras, Air Pollution, and Human Health in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, is home to the U.S.–Mexico border’s largest maquiladora labor force, and also its worst air pollution. We marshal two types of evidence to examine the link between maquiladoras and air pollution in Ciudad Juárez, and in its sister city, El Paso, Texas. First, we use a publicly available sector-level emissions inventory for Ciudad Juárez to determine the importance of a...
متن کاملUsing Scrap Tires in EAFs as a Substitute for Carbon
EAF plants normally consume coal and coke as reactants, alloying elements, or fuel. The price of these materials varies from € 0.20-0.35/kg. This is while nearly 10 million pieces of tires are annually discarded in Iran. The present study shows that scrap tires can be used as a substitute for coal and coke in EAF plants. Thirteen grades of steel including low, medium, and high carbon steels as ...
متن کاملProducing Ground Scrap Tire Rubber: A Comparison Between Ambient and Cryogenic Technologies
In 1985, the scrap tire industry was created when Minnesota became the first state to develop specific legislation and regulations for scrap tires. Up to that time, many scrap tires, like most solid and household wastes, went into the l1)unicipal dump. Those tires not placed in the dump went into stock piles, some of which still exist today. Prior to 1985, few, ifany scrap tires were processed....
متن کامل