Bad Odor Detected at 40 Sites in Gyeongju Duryu Industrial Complex... Gyeongbuk Health Research Institute Launches Investigation

The Gyeongbuk Institute of Health and Environment will conduct an "Odor Status Survey" from April to October in the Duryu Industrial Complex, a general industrial area in Duryu-ri, Angang-eup, Gyeongju City, to reduce odor emissions.

An employee of the Gyeongbuk Health and Environment Research Institute is conducting an odor investigation at Duryu Industrial Complex in Gyeongju.

The Duryu Industrial Complex houses over 50 businesses including waste disposal and recycling, non-metallic materials, and fertilizer manufacturing. Among them, odor complaints frequently arise from about 40 sites, leading Gyeongbuk Province to designate the Duryu Industrial Complex as an odor management area in May 2022.

The odor status survey is conducted annually to select areas where residents' health and living environment may be at risk as odor management areas, to conduct detailed investigations into the causes of odor emissions, and to establish measures for odor reduction and efficient management.

This survey selects 10 points including representative odor sites (management areas) within the Duryu Industrial Complex and residential impact areas, conducting surveys four times a year during dawn, daytime, and nighttime periods.

The survey items include 13 categories such as complex odors and designated odor substances, as well as meteorological data including wind direction, wind speed, and temperature.

As a result of investigating 120 points in 2023, complex odors in the management area exceeded the permissible standards 5 times in the first half and 2 times in the second half of the year.

Lee Hwa-seong, head of the Environmental Research Department at the Gyeongbuk Institute of Health and Environment, stated, “We will do our best to continuously manage and improve odor-emitting facilities through close cooperation with Gyeongju City.”

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