Potential harmful elements in coal dust and human health risk assessment near the mining areas in Cherat, Pakistan

Ishtiaq, Muhammad; Jehan, Noor; Khan, Shehzad; Muhammad, Said; Saddique, Umar; Iftikhar, Bushra; Zahidullah,

doi:10.1007/s11356-018-1655-5

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“…There have been a number of statements about Cr from coal mining 37 , 38 . Many studies have identified the enrichment of Cr in coal dust or fly ash in the coal mining area 39 , 40 . For example, it has been well documented that the Cr concentrations in leachates of fly ash in Sarigkiol basin 41 accounted for more than 96% of the total Cr.…”

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Impact of the Coal Mining on the Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Metals in Farmland Tillage Soil

Hou

et al. 2018

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Coal mining areas are prone to hazardous element contamination because of mining activities and the resulting wastes, mainly including Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb. This study collected 103 samples of farmland tillage soil surrounding a coal mine in southwestern Shandong province and monitored the heavy metal concentrations of each sample by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). Statistics, geostatistics, and geographical information systems (GIS) were used to determine the spatial pattern of the potentially toxic metals above in the coal mining area. The results show that the toxic metal concentrations have wide ranges, but the average values for Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb are 72.16, 29.53, 23.07, 66.30, 0.14 and 23.71 mg Kg−1, which mostly exceed the natural soil background contents of Shandong Province. The element pairs Ni-Cu, Ni-Zn, and Cu-Zn have relatively high correlation coefficients (0.805, 0.505, 0.613, respectively). The Kriging interpolation results show that the contents of soil toxic metals are influenced by coal mining activities. Moreover, micro-domain variation analysis revealed the toxic metals in the typical area of the coal transportation line. These findings offer systematic insight into the influence of coal mining activities on toxic metals in farmland tillage soil.

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Impact of the Coal Mining on the Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Metals in Farmland Tillage Soil

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“…Fine particles also penetrate more deeply throughout the respiratory system and are more likely to result in adverse health effects (https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ airquality.html; Csavina et al 2012a, b;Entwistle et al 2019 and references therein). In some situations, ingestion is the main pathway (Ishtiaq et al 2018). Mining operations are understood to have some of the highest concentrations of potential harmful contaminants derived through anthropogenic activities, along with the highest particulate emissions and the highest risk to both human and environmental health (Csavina et al 2012b;Meyer et al 2015).…”

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Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery

Stewart

2019

Environ Geochem Health

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Mining continues to be a dangerous activity, whether large-scale industrial mining or small-scale artisanal mining. 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. I look at mining and health from various personal perspectives: that of the ordinary man (much of life depends on mined elements in the house, car and phone); as a member of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (environmental contamination and degradation leads to ill health in nearby communities); as a public health doctor (mining health is affected by many factors, usually acting in a mix, ranging from individual inheritancegenetic makeup, sex, age; personal choices-diet, lifestyle; living conditions-employment, war; social support-family, local community; environmental conditions-education, work; to national and international constraints-trade, economy, natural world); as a volunteer (mining health costs are not restricted to miners or industry but borne by everyone who partakes of mining benefits-all of us); and as a lay preacher (the current global economy concentrates on profit at the expense of the health of miners). Partnership working by academics with communities, government and industry should develop evidencebased solutions. Employment, health, economic stability and environmental protection need not be mutually exclusive. We all need to act.

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“…As it is known from the literature, coal dust causes a number of diseases, among which we distinguish anthracosis and pneumoconiosis caused by rare-earth elements. Both these diseases are incurable and irreversible [8][9][10][11][12]. It is necessary to at least prevent a person from inhaling dust.…”

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Coal Terminal in Urban Settlement Posyet (Primorsky Krai, Russia) Causes Micro-sized Pollution of the Atmosphere

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The paper presents the results of a study of micro-sized pollution of the atmosphere of the urban settlement Posyet caused by a coal terminal. It was shown that PM10 particles (under 10 μm) in fractions from 21.94 to 45.5% were found at all 20 sampling points in Posyet. It can be noted that, regardless of the distance from the terminal, a single profile of atmospheric particulates with a peak in hazardous micro-sized dimension range is observed at all points of the settlement, which indicates a pronounced negative effect of the open coal terminal on the air in the settlement. The prognosis for bronchopulmonary diseases in the urban settlement Posyet with the current dynamics of coal handling is negative.

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Potential harmful elements in coal dust and human health risk assessment near the mining areas in Cherat, Pakistan

Cited by 86 publications

References 59 publications

Impact of the Coal Mining on the Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Metals in Farmland Tillage Soil

Impact of the Coal Mining on the Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Metals in Farmland Tillage Soil

Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery

Coal Terminal in Urban Settlement Posyet (Primorsky Krai, Russia) Causes Micro-sized Pollution of the Atmosphere

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