Proposed Guidelines for Environmentally Friendly Petrol Stations Based on the Current Status of Stations in Hebro District: Descriptive and experimental study

Abstract

The production and consumption of oil is vital to international relations and has frequently been a decisive factor in the determination of foreign policy. We aimed to investigate the current situation of petrol stations in Hebron District and its adverse effects on human and environment leading to develop a guideline for petrol stations to be environmentally friendly. This study was conducted using three kinds of interview questionnaires for workers, stations’ owners and the neighborhoods. Biomarkers (blood samples) were tested for different metals including Lead and Cu. Emission of some gases like CO, NO2, NH3, SO2, H2S, and VOCs had been tested using multi-gas analyzer. All collected data were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Results showed that all studied stations were licensed as individually ownership and most of them are classified as class A and located in populated area. Some of them(50%) were established for >20 years ago without any rehabilitation for fuel tanks. It was found that workers were at risk to adverse effects in relation to work load. It seems that the current status of the studied stations is acceptable and can be improved in some areas including; worker and indoor safety, decreasing emission, waste management and emergency action plan through following a standard criteria which could be presented in our proposed environmentally friendship guideline.