Abstract
The environmental odor pollution emitted from different sources has undesirable impacts on communities' health and welfare in a way that caused increasing public worry and complains around the world. Pars Vegetable Oil Processing Plant (PVOPP) is located near populated residential areas in Tehran; hence, many people are exposed to the plant process annoying odor daily. In order to assess the odor annoying impacts on its nearby business centers a social survey has been applied. In the field area 200 questionnaires were intended to be filled out but 180 of them have been completed by the respondents (90%). Almost 98% of the respondents have perceived the odor from the outdoor source in their working places which is known as the industry by 78% of them. Among the respondents 42% of them have defined the odor as intolerable. Considering that industry has been recognized as the most important external parameter which affect the quality of working environments, the impact of this industrial unit on decreasing the quality level of working conditions is more obvious. The duration of presence in the working place and record of service are related to disorders in working activity and emotion and thus confirm the odor pollution impacts on the employees' efficiency.
Highlights
The air around us contains aromatic compounds originated from citizens’ daily activity in residential, trade and industrial areas which create the modern societies
Identifying the surrounding air combination is very significant which lead to various investigations implemented about odor pollution annoyance impact assessment on nearby residents and/or the employees working in odorous industries and facilities and odor related mental and physical health effects[34]
In many countries investigations about odor pollution have been considered and the impacts of this environmental problem on nearby residents or the employees working in the place which is known as odor source have been studied
Summary
The air around us contains aromatic compounds originated from citizens’ daily activity in residential, trade and industrial areas which create the modern societies. Researches show that environmental irritants like noise and odor can have considerable impacts on the physical and moral condition of the people and their quality of life[5,6] If this exposure is long or intensive the unpleasantness would be converted to annoyance gradually. Identifying the surrounding air combination is very significant which lead to various investigations implemented about odor pollution annoyance impact assessment on nearby residents and/or the employees working in odorous industries and facilities and odor related mental and physical health effects[34]. On the basis of the wide reviews, no investigation about odor annoyance effects on nonindustrial workers which work in areas affected by odor has been done yet It is the first time in Iran that the nuisance impact of emitted odor from an oil processing plant on the trade and service employees around has been implemented
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