— Mine air pollution in Zambia, which is largely due to SO 2 and PM, both fine and ultrafine (PM 10, PM 5.0, PM 2.5 and PM 0.1) emissions has been a topical issue since commercial mining started in the 1920s in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. However, very few studies have been undertaken to chronicle the extent of damage to the environment …
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— According to the authors 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution from all anthropogenic sources. This includes the air pollution caused by agriculture, residential energy use, non-fossil industrial emissions, and fossil fuel burning. It is the sum of indoor air and outdoor air pollution that originates from ...
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— Types of Water Pollution from Mining. There are four main types of mining impacts on water quality. 1. Acid Mine Drainage Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) is a natural process whereby sulphuric acid is produced when sulphides in rocks are exposed to air and water. Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) is essentially the same process, greatly magnified.
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— New report urges global action on mining pollution On 5 November 2015, a waste dam at an iron-ore mine in southeastern Brazil collapsed, unleashing a tide of slurry that killed 19 people, displaced hundreds more and polluted 650 kilometres of fertile valleys and estuaries before spewing into the ocean.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of coal mining activities on the community structures of woody and herbaceous plants. The response of individual plants of community to defilement caused by coal mining was also assessed. Air monitoring, soil physico-chemical and phytosociological …
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Sources of air pollution due to coal mining and their impacts in Jharia coalfield Environ Int. 2000 Aug;26(1-2):81-5. doi: 10.1016/s0160-4120(00)00085-4. ... Coal mining in Jharia coalfield and the sources of air pollution along with the production of air pollutants have been described. The dust particles act as centres of catalysis for many of ...
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— Undoubtedly, children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution, especially during their development. Air pollution has adverse effects on our lives in many different respects. Diseases associated with air pollution have not only an important economic impact but also a societal impact due to absences from productive work and school.
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Work zone air quality, ambient air quality, and seasonal variations are discussed, which shows high pollution potential due to SPM. The status of air pollution due to opencast mining is evaluated ...
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— Opencast coal mining creates more air pollution problem in respect of dust and the fines contain coal particles, benzene soluble matters etc. To maintain the energy demand, opencast mining has been growing at a phenemenon rate in India. There is no well defined method for assessing the impacts on air quality due to mining projects. An ...
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— You may be familiar with coal mining's environmental impacts in terms of air pollution and climate change. In addition to degrading air quality and contributing to …
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— In mining areas, different situations may contribute to air pollution. Several mining activities can create unacceptable dust exposure if not appropriately controlled. The toxicity of the dust depends on the type …
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Globally, metal mining is one of the biggest sources of air pollution. A UNEP study finds that artisinal gold mining to be the leading source of human-caused mercury emissions. Smelting of metals, including gold, is a primary source of arsenic emissions and other toxins globally; To extract metal, ore is placed in a smelter, a type of furnace.
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— Air Pollution. Opoku-Ware reported that air pollution in the Kenyasi community mainly comes from the dusty untarred roads that are continually used by Newmont's heavy-duty vehicles for transporting machines and other equipment to the mine sites.43 Chemical gases, fumes and smoke are not readily visible at the mining site, but …
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— A comprehensive field study has been carried out to measure the background air quality status and identify the air pollution sources from opencast mines around a heritage site in India. Air quality modeling has been carried out to envisage dust concentration due to the existing and closed mines in the region. The predicted total …
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Rapid urbanization also contributes to air pollution as it involves huge construction works. Moreover, some people are exposed to air pollution due to their professions—for instance, mining workers, traffic police and drivers are exposed to large amounts of air pollutants (Shukla et al. 2019).
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— Understanding the impact of mining on air quality. Mining operations contribute significantly to poor air quality across the globe. Both above-ground and underground mining processes produce air pollution …
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— air pollution, release into the atmosphere of various gases, finely divided solids, or finely dispersed liquid aerosols at rates that exceed the natural capacity of the environment to dissipate and dilute or absorb them. These substances may reach concentrations in the air that cause undesirable health, economic, or aesthetic effects.. …
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— Emissions of all studied pollutants were significantly higher from coal mining sites than from other types of NPI sites. Results from community-based air monitoring …
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— Groundwater pollution due to acid mine drainage (AMD) and seepage flowing from disposed mine waste are the most common water pollution arising from mining (Likus-Cies′lik et al., 2017; Sracek et al., 2010). AMD is often produced when there is an exposure of sulfide-bearing rocks to oxygen and water.
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— Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the chemical, physical and biological processes is essential for assessing the extension and effects of air pollution around mining areas, which should be based on a holistic approach. This Special Issue of Atmosphere will open a broad debate on issues related to air pollution in mining areas ...
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The activities such as drilling, blasting, and transportation are the central cause behind air pollution. 21,35 Even the release of fugitive dust into the air is also responsible for air pollution. 22 In this study, it is observed that in the mining-affected villages, due to the release of particulates and poisonous gases, the atmosphere has ...
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— Ozone is the most prevalent secondary pollutant, in addition to a number of inorganic and organic acids, found in both the gas and particle phases. 12 Air pollution due to PM 10 is mainly because of dust from industries, mining and construction, whereas pollution from PM 2.5 is from combustion and burning of fossil fuel and biomass or …
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— Arsenic, cadmium, lead, zinc, and mercury are among the toxic elements released into soil, water, and air during mining and mineral processing. As shown in Fig. …
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— Mining Pollution. There have been many documented instances of environmental pollution caused by mining operations, which are often caused by leakages of mining tailings. Mining tailings are the …
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— Air pollution from coal-fired power plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems, acid rain, global warming, and other severe environmental and public health impacts.
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— Mining Air pollution is caused at every stage of the mining process. Major sources of pollution in the mining operations are unpaved roads, blasting, and dust explosion during loading.
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— Paper Context. Main findings: Among 95 studies assessing health risk perception of air pollution, only nine studies used standardised scales. Added knowledge: There was considerable variation in the scales measuring the multiple dimensions of risk perception for air pollution, which makes comparison among the studies difficult. Global …
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— Air pollution from coal-fired power plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems, acid rain, global warming, and other severe environmental and public health impacts. ... Methane (CH4) often occurs in the same areas that coal is formed, and is released during mining activities. Methane is 34 times ...
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The burden of air pollution tends to be greater across both low and middle-income countries for two reasons: indoor pollution rates tend to be high in low-income countries due to a reliance on solid fuels for cooking, and …
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— Work zone air quality, ambient air quality, and seasonal variations are discussed, which shows high pollution potential due to SPM. The status of air pollution due to opencast mining is evaluated ...
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— Environmental impacts in mining areas constitute landscape transformation, water pollution from tailing ponds, accidental release, noise pollution, air pollution due to permanent machinery ...
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