Coal production has been rapidly increasing since 2000 in China, as indicated by the rapid growth of coal mining enterprises. More specifically, the coal production of China steadily increased from 1980 to 1995, where a large number of small-scale coal mines (small local-stated, township, village, and private coal mines) emerged …
One of the important issue involved in coal mining is coal dust, which can lead to a series of health problems (Yao et al., 2020). Nearly the whole mining processes is accompanied by coal dust generation (Shahan and Reed, 2019). ... Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), also known as black lung disease, is caused by long-term …
Responsible Mining; Mining causes serious accidents such as fires, explosions, or collapsed mine tunnels that affect miners and people living in communities near mines. Even in places where mining …
Mining operations around the world are believed to be one of the most perilous activities conducted in an accident and disease-prone environment (Das & Singh, 2011; Nandi et al., 2015).The socioeconomic and environmental costs of mining activities are a major social concern vis-à-vis social work intervention because they violate human …
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 and human health risks associated with exposure to metals and metalloids in mine tailings contaminated soils. ... kidney disease, lung and nasal irritation and …
Genetic susceptibility is a key factor in the development of autoimmune diseases. Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous polymorphisms for autoimmune disease development involving the regulatory regions of genes involved with immune responses. 7 The strongest associations found with autoimmune susceptibility to environmental …
mining industry, determine the source (cause) and nature (effect) of the illnesses and injuries, and to communicate that information to the mining industry. Incidence rates by year for occupational illnesses (n = Injury rates and severity. Based on the sorting criteria for this review, there were 2,705 cases of chemical-related
High body temperature is seen to be the most prevalent (98%) heat illness symptom, followed by hot and dry skin (90%). This finding is in agreement with the study done by Hunt et al., 2013, in Australian mining, where they reported high body temperature and hot and dry skin being among the most prevalent heat illness symptoms among …
Introduction. Mineral wealth is an important asset that can be used to stimulate or enhance economic growth and spur infrastructure development, including the building of schools, hospitals and road networks.1 Mining has played a substantial role in the development of Ghana, which is second only to South Africa in terms of gold …
The benefits of heavy metals are generally outweighed by their hazards; for example, carcinogenicity is promoted by high exposure to antimony and chromium (Sun et al., 2015, Sundar and Chakravarty, 2010), lead poisoning causes intellectual abnormalities in children (Hou et al., 2013). Mercury toxicity causes Minamata disease, while …
[6–8] Unfortunately, this has overshadowed the burden of other diseases that occur in coal miners. New research finds that coal miners are also at increased risk of death from other diseases, including COPD and lung cancer. Controlling exposures to respirable coal mine dust can help prevent these serious diseases. What We Did
Coal mining remains a sizable industry, with millions of working and retired coal miners worldwide. This article provides an update on recent advances in the understanding of respiratory health issues in coal miners and focuses on the spectrum of disease caused by inhalation of coal mine dust, termed coal mine dust lung disease.
Notified Diseases are - (For disease 6, 7 & 8 DGMS CIRCULAR legis 01 of 2011) 01) pneumoconiosis 02) silicosis 03) asbestosis 04) manganese poisoning (nervous type) 05) cancer of lung or the stomach or the pleura and peritoneum (i.e. Mesotheliomas) 06) noise induced hearing loss 07) contact dermatitis caused by direct contact with …
Multiple recent cohort studies suggest increased risk of lung cancer in coal miners. Summary A detailed understanding of coal mining methods and processes allows clinicians to better evaluate and confirm chronic lung diseases caused by inhalational hazards in the mine atmosphere. KW - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. KW - coal mining
Exposure to dust from the mining environment has historically resulted in epidemic levels of mortality and morbidity from pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis, coal workers' …
Coal dust from coal mining, transshipment, and processing is the strongest air pollutant, triggering a range of respiratory diseases (Petsonk et al., 2013; Laney and Weissman, 2014). According to ...
Introduction. Air pollution has been reported as the fourth leading risk factor for mortality worldwide, accounting for approximately 6.7 million deaths in 2019 (HEI and IHME, 2020).Of these deaths, approximately 20% are accounted for by chronic respiratory diseases such as pneumoconiosis (caused by fugitive mineral dust exposure).
For instance, particle size can control lung deposition and relative surface area (e.g., Sioutas et al. 2005, Ramgolam et al. 2009, Oberdorster, 2005; and particle surface area and chemistry can ...
Coal and crystalline silica dust are the causes of serious, sometimes fatal lung diseases such as pneumoconiosis, which affects coal miners, as well as silicosis, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis ...
In the late 1990s, despite years of efforts to understand and reduce coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) prevalence from more than 30% in 1970 to less than 4.2%, the level of occurrence among the US …
Although the mining of these minerals generates wealth for the country, it also causes diseases in the mine workers who are exposed to harmful dust. ... PATHAUT database was the primary and common data source used for identifying mine workers with occupational respiratory disease in all three mining sectors (gold, diamond, and …
Objective: To provide an update on respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust. Methods: This article presents the results of a literature review initially performed for an International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease held in summer 2013. Results: Coal mine dust causes a spectrum of lung diseases collectively termed …
Trillions of tonnes of chemically active material are discharged into the environment by mining, mineral processing ... loss, and chemical pollution. Later, 'chemical pollution' was not considered as a single entry (Condé et al. 2015) as they also cause climate change ... as opposed to chemical 'cures' for diseases caused by chemicals.
Infection with RVA is the most common cause of diarrheal disease among infants and young children and one of the common causes of death in children under 5 years of age (Walker et al., 2013). Virus transmission occurs through the fecal–oral route by direct contact with an infected person and possibly by the respiratory route.
Exposures to Al occur in occupations associated with mining and processing of ore, scrap metal recycling, deployment and use of Al-containing compounds and products, and during engagement in Al metal cutting, sawing, filing and welding. ... Toxicosis associated with Al exposure is the pathological condition or disease caused …
1. Introduction. Work-related diseases such as respiratory disorders cause huge suffering and losses in the world of work. However they remain largely invisible in comparison to industrial accidents, although they kill six times as many people annually [].Furthermore, the nature of occupational diseases is changing fast as technological …
Introduction. Silicosis is an irreversible and incurable lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust containing crystalline silica particles. Silicosis is one of the most important occupational diseases in the world. 1 – 3 Approximately 2 million workers in USA, 4, 5 2 million workers in Europe, 6 0.5 million workers in Japan 7 and more than 23 …
Silicosis, mixed dust pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive airway disease, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, are a spectrum of diseases that, due to the high incidence of these diseases triggered by coal inhalation, are named coal mine-dust lung disease (CMDLD) (Laney and Weissman, 2014; Perret et al., 2017).
Pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational disease among coal miners, which is a lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of coal dust and …
It is believed that coal dust is responsible for many human diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stunted lung development, …
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