There is only one study that includes females in the risk associated with coal mining (Jenkins et al. 2013). Due to the ... Laney AS, Weissman DN (2014) Respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust. J Occup Environ Med 56(010):18–22. ... Coal mining and lung disease in the 21st century, current opinion in Pulmonary Medicine: March …
A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and occupational dust exposure, and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of COPD caused by occupational factors.PubMed ...
Exposure to coal mine dust causes various pulmonary diseases, including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Coal …
In Neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's disease, the presence of mercury is the most substantial trace-element imbalance in the amygdala, …
Cadmium (Cd), poisoning has been reported from all around the World, causing many deaths annually. Cd is a toxic heavy metal, and is widely present in environment. It has been reported that chronic Cd exposure is …
Cumulative inhalation of respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) and respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can lead to obstructive lung diseases.
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' pneumoconiosis (CWP), and asbestosis. Studies have shown that CWP ...
Emission reductions in metal mining and tailings treatment would thus reduce the potential health impacts of the studied LIB cell. For example, in the dataset where nickel is produced as a by-product during platinum group metal mining, each kg of nickel produced causes about 7 kg of sulfur dioxide emissions.
The industrial activities of the last century have caused massive increases in human exposure to heavy metals. Mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, and arsenic have been the most common heavy metals that induced human poisonings. Here, we reviewed the mechanistic ...
PDF | Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we... | Find, read and cite all the ...
Coal mine dust causes a range of lung diseases, collectively called coal mine dust lung diseases. Examples include coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), a dust …
Pollution from coal mining may have a negative impact on public health in mining communities, according to data analyzed in a West ia University research study.
Rey et al., study addresses coal ... diseases caused by coal mine dust. ... be controlled to prevent pulmonary disease in miners. Different mining areas are exposed to different dust levels and to ...
concerning health effects associated with coal mining: 1. Exposure to coal mine dust causes various pulmonary diseases, including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 2. Coal miners are also exposed to crystalline silica dust, which causes silicosis, COPD, and other diseases. 3.
Black lung disease — also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis or coal miners' lung — is inflammation (swelling and irritation) and fibrosis (thickening or …
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.", keywords = "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coal mining, pneumoconiosis, pulmonary fibrosis, silicosis",
FW disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium ... whereas the establishment of the pangenomes could facilitate gene mining from a wider platform. Bayer et al. 190 performed a comparative analysis ...
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.
Individual miners often present with multiple effects of coal mine dust, including bronchitis, interstitial lung disease, and emphysema, a spectrum of overlapping …
Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. While a broad body of evidence from quantitative studies exists that establishes the interlinkages between mining operations and effects on public health, little research has been …
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and other mining-related lung diseases are entirely preventable, yet continue to occur. While greater attention has been given to CWP and silicosis, mining exposures cause a broad spectrum of respiratory disease, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and pulmonary fibrosis. Physicians must obtain a …
A wide range of free radicals that are believed to cause potential cellular damage are produced by excess intake of iron. The iron produced hydrogen free radicals attack DNA, resulting in cellular damage, mutation and malignant transformations which in turn cause an array of diseases (Grazuleviciene et al., 2009).
Heavy metals enter the human body through the gastrointestinal tract, skin, or via inhalation. Toxic metals have proven to be a major threat to human health, mostly because of their ability to cause membrane and DNA …
Dust is an inherent byproduct of mining activities that raises notable health and safety concerns. Cumulative inhalation of respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) and respirable crystalline silica (RCS ...
and disease could be improved by identifying why and under what specific conditions illnesses occur (i.e., what are the primary causes of illness or disease in the mining industry?). The frequency of disease or illness from 1983-2001 (figure 5) shows a roller-coaster effect for illness and disease rates in the mining industry.
South Africa is a mineral-rich country. 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.
Occupational disease risks are not restricted to underground miners but extend to surface mining workers as well [4,5]. Surface mining workers are exposed to respirable dust and silica, and are at risk of coal workers' pneumoconiosis . In addition to occupational risks, coal mining also affects surrounding communities.
Gu et al. found higher (although non-significant difference) mortality rates in villages closer to coal mining plants compared to control populations (Table ... Almost 40% of the mortality studies searched the association of coal …
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a slowly progressing disease characterised by a gradual loss of lung function, causes 4% of overall global disease burden [41••]. The most important risk factor is active smoking, but other risk factors are occupational or environmental (including coal and hard-rock mining), and …
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. We have now updated this estimate using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuriaes, and Risk Factors Study 2019. We find that …