The Health Risk Assessment for Dioxins and Heavy Metals ischarged from A Coal-fired Power Plant-Case Studies of Taichung Power Plant and Hsinta Power Plant

This study aims to evaluate the risks for nearby residents’ health condition regarding the possible release materials containing dioxins and heavy metals from two coal-fired power plants in Taiwan, especially the risks via dieting and local-grew foods. y using ISCST3, I assessed the air depositions and concentrations as a result of air emissions from the two coal-fired power plants by simulating the impacts in the unit of 25km squares within one official town.. First I analyzed the risk distributions of these two facilities inside their impact zones. And then I provided the comparison results among four risk-exposed groups ( farmer, adult in general, farmer’s child, child in general), particularly the similarities and difference between two power plants.he results show that gross risk of having cancer between two neighborhood areas with coal-fired power plants are below 10-6, and the hazard quotients are less than 1.0. And the risk for the health of people in the neighborhood is not necessarily related to the size of the generators at the coal-fired power plants. Also, the risk of health was deeply affected via the way people live and make living in the neighborhoods, in other words, the type of industry in the community, (ex. agriculture and fishery).