Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(03), 1463-1468
Received on 21 May 2023; revised on 28 June 2023; accepted on 30 June 2023
Scavengers work every day by interacting with waste in landfill making them a group with a high risk of contracting diseases due to unhealthy working conditions and exposure to air pollutant gases, one of which is hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S). H2S gas can cause respiratory problems for scavengers such as coughing, flu, fever, headache, shortness of breath, sore throat, and sore nose. This study aims to analyze the environmental health risks analysis of hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) exposure in Jabon Sidoarjo landfill scavengers. This research is a descriptive study with cross sectional design. The approach used is Environmental Health Risk Analysis. Measurement of H2S gas concentration was carried out in the scavenger work area. The research respondents were 46 scavengers who worked in old landfill. Data analysis using univariate analysis and risk analysis. The results for the concentration of H2S in the scavenger work area point 1 and point 2 were 0.00242 ppm and 0.00081 ppm. Analysis of the risk quotient (RQ) in real time, the next 10 years, and in real life, the result is 0.13; 0.25; 0.37. The results showed that the measurement of H2S gas concentrations in the scavenger work area was still below the provincial government's environmental quality standards. Risk quotient analysis (RQ) shows results below 1. This shows that scavengers are still safe from non-carcinogenic risks or the H2S gas produced is not at risk of causing health problems. \
Hydrogen Sulfide; Landfill; Risk Analysis; Scavenger
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Wahyu Aqil Alwan Satria Wibawa and Muhammad Farid Dimjati Lusno. Environmental health risk analysis of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) exposure to Jabon Sidoarjo landfill scavengers. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(3), 1463-1468. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.1293