A review of environmental health impact from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill

Context:The waste of landfill produced in three phases, they were solid, liquid (example leachate), and gas. The waste had contaminated three environmental media; air, soil, and air. Operational of landfill also has an impact on the environment and public health. This review is specifically to analyze partially the impacts of the municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill, the impact on environmental pollution and the impact on public health.Settings and Design:This study is a literature review that discusses various literatureson environmental impact and public health caused by municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill.Methods and Material:The data sources of this study come from literatures obtained through the internet in the form of scientific journal articles that can be traced online.Thestudy in this paper focuses on discussing several scientific articles in reputed international journals that carry out research related to the impact of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill.Statistical analysis used:The data were processed descriptively to describe various environmental and public health impacts arising from the landfill.Results:Environmental impacts are: chemical pollutants such as heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn, Mg), methane gas,H2S, CO, microorganisms such as Coliform, Clostridiaperfringens(Veillon& Zuber 1898, and Hauduroyet al.1937),Shygella dysenteriae(Shiga, 1897, and Castellani & Chalmers 1919). While the health effects are the symptoms of skin irritation, eye irritation, gastro intestinal tract disorders,allergies, nasal irritation, and other symptoms. While the risk of cancer is very low risk