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In recent years, population's
environmental awareness has grown remarkably. This fact, together with an increased
care towards human health and wellbeing issues, has brought non conventional
pollutants like odours to be included among the fundamental parameters for environmental
impact evaluation. It is now universally recognized and scientifically proved
that odours generally don't directly represent a risk for human health, but
also that the exposure to odours may cause different negative effects on human
beings, ranging from emotional stresses to physical symptoms. Odour nuisance
problems are particularly worrying when more industrial activities exist near
residential areas. This is often the case, given to the expansion of cities,
which has brought industrial poles to be englobed within urban boundaries.
This event focuses on recent regulatory approaches for the evaluation of the
exposure to odours, and on the developments for the optimization and standardization
of odour sampling and assessment methods, as well as odour control and abatement
strategies. The conference should represent a possibility for the members of
the increasing community of people involved in odour assessment and control
to meet, exchange views, and achieve a better understanding of the specific
aspects relevant to odour problems.
in collaboration with
Olfactometric Laboratory - Politecnico di Milano