Ecological and human health risks associated with …
Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment. Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological …
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Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery
Not only are there accidents, but exposure to dust and toxins, along with stress from the working environment or managerial pressures, give rise to a range of diseases that affect miners.
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Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-mining Pollution, Study Shows
Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-mining Pollution, Study Shows Date: March 27, 2008 Source: West ia University Health Sciences Center Summary: Pollution from coal mining may have a negative ...
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Health Problems from Mining
Use of jackhammers or other vibrating machinery can cause damage to nerves and blood circulation, and lead to loss of feeling, very dangerous infections such as gangrene, and even death.; Loud, constant noise from machines can cause hearing problems, including deafness.; Long hours working underground with little light can harm vision.; Working in very …
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Interstitial Lung Diseases in the U.S. Mining Industry: Using …
Given the important need to better understand the trends and the efficacy of efforts to prevent lung diseases in the U.S. mining industry, the overall objectives of this study were twofold: (1) to derive an understanding of the trends of occupational lung diseases in the mining industry from data maintained by MSHA; and (2) to examine whether ...
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Environmental issues associated with mining and minerals …
Download Citation | On Jan 1, 2023, Nisantika Biswas and others published Environmental issues associated with mining and minerals processing | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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Human health and safety in artisanal and small-scale mining…
Mining is a notoriously dangerous occupation. Where reliable national statistics exist, mining generally ranks in the top three occupations for related diseases and fatal accidents (Vingård and Elgstrand, 2013: 6).In large-scale mining endeavors, the management of health and safety largely relies on governmental regulation of mining companies, …
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Asbestos: mining exposure, health effects and policy …
Focus is placed on assessing occupational health risks associated with mining asbestos, with special emphasis on differentiating between the health risks of different types and lengths of asbestos fibres. ... Miners and mining communities are at the greatest risk from asbestos related diseases, but are better prepared to limit their exposure to ...
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Environmental and health risks posed to children by artisanal …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities are associated with numerous health hazards among children, including exposure to dangerous toxins, infectious diseases, …
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Chromium contamination and effect on environmental …
Sukinda Valley in Orissa is among the world's ten highly polluted places in the world. It produces a considerable amount of mining waste and creates severe health problems and many environmental issues in its surroundings (Yadav et al., 2018). Intensive, open-cast chromite mining has degraded landscape, soil and deteriorated water quality.
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Metalliferous Mine Dust: Human Health Impacts …
Metalliferous mine dusts, and associated potentially toxic elements (PTEs) released into the environment through dust generating mining activities, is one such environmental pollution related cause of adverse …
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Coal Mine Dust Exposures and Associated Health …
concerning health effects associated with coal mining: 1. Exposure to coal mine dust causes various pulmonary diseases, including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and chronic …
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Metals in the Environment as Risk Factors for Infectious Diseases
Exposures to particles from mining and smelting, fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, metallurgical works, transportation-related emissions, agricultural work, cigarette smoking, work, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), wood stoves and gas stoves, as well as ambient air pollution have all been associated with an increased risk for ...
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(PDF) Critical Review of Dust in the Mining Environment: A …
The reduction in impact levels of various environmental aspects will help the mine management to minimize the threat of notified diseases/mine occupational diseases like silicosis, pneumoconiosis ...
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Health Problems from Mining
Dust, chemical spills, harmful fumes, heavy metals and radiation can poison workers and cause life-long health problems as well as allergic reactions and other immediate problems. Heavy lifting and working …
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Health impacts of industrial mining on …
An increased burden or spread of diseases was mostly related to environmental pollution and social dynamics caused by the mining operations. Elevated mortality rate was related to accidents, crimes but also to HIV and …
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The Environmental Problems Caused by Mining
A village was set up to support 15,000 miners working in the ruby mine near Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar. Photo: Pardieu et al. (2017). However, compared to many other industries such as agriculture, mining uses relatively …
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MITIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS …
minimises the impact of mining on the environment and helps to preserve biodiversity. ... • Plan for the development of green belts around the areas having mining and associated ... acid rain and ground level ozone The key environmental challenges facing the coal industry are related to both coal mining and the use of coal – greenhouse ...
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Noise in the Mining Work Environment
About 7% of employees suffer from a hearing problem and noise-induced hearing damage is the most common occupational disease in Europe because it accounts for about one-third of all work-related ...
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Assessment of land cover degradation due to mining …
Appropriate environment management requires an understanding of how mining activity alters environmental characteristics and how those changes affect an area. Therefore, to reduce the adverse effects of mining activity on the land, it becomes crucial to have relevant information about responses to environmental degradation. This study aims to assess the …
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The Environmental Problems Caused by Mining
We examine the biggest environmental problems caused by mining. The mining and processing of minerals provides us with the building blocks required to form much of the infrastructure needed to support modern …
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An assessment of the impact of mining on the environmental …
Achieving sustainable mining activities require adequate data related to environmental problems associated with mining activities. Therefore, this research focuses on unearthing mining-induced land degradation in rural areas of Zimbabwe using already existing literature. ... Mining improved the living conditions of the people through the ...
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Environmental Impact of mining Flashcards
Mountaintop removal mining is one of the world's most environmentally destructive practices, and it is most associated with coal mining in West ia's Appalachian Mountains. Whole mountaintops are removed to get to the coal, which increases erosion and runoff thick with pollutants, poisoning streams and rivers throughout the region.
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Assessment of Environmental Pollution and Risks Associated …
Mining is essential for societal development as it supplies essential raw materials for various industries. However, it can occasionally negatively impact ecosystems and populations [1,2,3,4,5,6].One of the main concerns associated with mining activities is the potential release of high-toxicity pollutants into the environment [7,8,9].Some potentially toxic elements (PTEs), …
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Environmental Impact of Potash Mining: Unveiling the Truth
Table of Contents. 1 Environmental Impact of Potash Mining: Introduction for Beginners; 2 Water Impact of Potash Mining. 2.1 Water Scarcity and Contamination; 2.2 The Effects of Potash Mining on Water Consumption. 2.2.1 High Water Consumption in Potash Mining; 2.2.2 Wastewater Discharge Contamination; 2.2.3 Recycling Wastewater; 2.3 Impacts of Potash …
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Safety and environmental implications of coal mining
This paper presents an investigation on the global issues associated with coal mining, including frequent accidents, occupational diseases and environmental impacts.
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(PDF) Environmental and health impacts of mining: a case …
The combined effects of environmental problems have ended in health implications with an associated high prevalence of diseases such as malaria, respiratory tract infections and skin diseases.
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Environmental health situation in Nigeria: current status …
The environmental, physical, chemical, and biological factors and their related behaviors impact health in one way or another [3].These could be a two-way interaction of environmental health as a human activity affecting the environment, likewise the conditions of the environment affecting human health [2].Sustaining a healthy environment is critical in …
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Asbestos as contaminant in the mining of non-asbestos …
Asbestos is fibrous minerals, some of which can naturally occur in certain types of marble, including asbestiform tremolite, actinolite, anthophyllite, and chrysotile, with tremolite the most common among those associated asbestos types. This is of concern as miners and stone workers may not be aware of this and may never be considered by physicians treating them …
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Guidance Note on Public Health Risk Management of …
Asbestos-related diseases most commonly result from higher levels of exposure associated with previous mining or processing specifically of asbestiform minerals, Lower exposures can sometimes have an effect, especially of mesothelioma, which has been associated with some
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