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Quarrying activities are among the significant sources of pollution caused by particulate matter (PM) in ambient air. Besides affecting the environment, PM exposure is one of the leading causes of respiratory illnesses worldwide. The current study, unique to Malawi, aimed to understand the impact of particulate matter on ambient air and the …
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In Edo State Nigeria, granite quarry is ... Oguntoke et. al (2009), wrote on the impact of Granite quarrying on the health of workers and nearby residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria ...
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At 25metres away from the quarry sites, mean SPM levels reduced drastically to 4.85±0.20mg/m3 and 3.67±0.40mg/m3. Both psychological and health problems suffered by nearby residents include shock (46.0%), nasal infection (29.2%), and asthma (4.6%). The quarry workers suffered predominantly from cough (26.0%), catarrh (20.0%) and sinusitis …
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noise pollution can have a significant impact on some species and affect their successful reproduction. Abstract: The study aims to assess the environmental and social impacts of stone quarry in Zenzelima Kebele. It has employed a descriptive survey design. The study area was purposively selected based on the
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Approval for quarry operation should mandate environmental impact assessment and ensure strict implementation of outlined mitigation measures so as to guarantee environmental sustainability. Key words : Quarrying impact, air pollution, particulate matter, occupational health, Nigeria Introduction he complex mixture of gases that
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The cement manufacturing industry has played a fundamental role in global economic development, but its production is a major facilitator to anthropogenic CO2 release and solid waste generation. Nigeria has the largest cement industry in West Africa, with an aggregate capacity of 58.9 million metric tonnes (MMT) per year. The Ministry for Mines …
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rock quarry at Ikole-Ekiti, Nigeria. Bance, M. (2007). Hearing and agin g. ... Impact of granite quarrying on the health of workers and nearby residents in Abeokuta. Jan 2009; 1-11;
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Granite quarrying constitutes an occupational hazard that compromises workers' health, destroys the environment, and negatively affects nearby communities (Azevedo et al., 2020; Ibrahim et
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DOI: 10.4314/EJESM.V2I1.43497 Corpus ID: 129413277; Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria @article{Olusegun2009ImpactOG, title={Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria}, author={Oguntoke …
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Mining and quarrying provide the basic raw materials for sustaining human well-being and are critical for achieving economic developments. At the same time, environmental degradation and its associated social impacts and inequalities have become a grave reality of mining sector that affects all nations, individually and/or collectively. …
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Furthermore, similar findings of dust water pollution in quarry communities are reported by Mbuyi (2017) during a study on assessment of Environmental Impacts of Quarry operations in Ogun State, Nigeria. Mbuyi found out that quarry operations were associated as reported by 44% and 44% for air pollution and water pollution.
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Quarrying poses a danger to workers due to injuries caused by rocks falling on the workers, accidents during the use of machinery, and dust exposure, which is the main cause of respiratory and pulmonary problems, in addition to eye problems [ 5, 6, 7 ].
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Abakaliki, Nigeria Tel: +234-703-512-2010 E-mail: ugwuja@yahoo. com Received: Mar 27, 2012 Accepted: May 21, 2012 Pulmonary Problems among Quarry Workers of Stone Crushing Industrial Site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria AN Nwibo1, EI Ugwuja1, NO Nwambeke2, OF Emelumadu2, LU Ogbonnaya3 Abstract
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Black granite in Mutoko has been a subject of many studies. Chigonda (2010) attempted to balance the elusive benefits against the costs of black granite in Mutoko district in a cost-benefit ...
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The glove boxes 11 (GB11) of Laboratory C2 recorded an annual effective dose of 19,720 mSv/y for an occupancy factor of 0.125, equivalent to 3 working hours per day. The C3 Laboratory and the rest ...
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These and other sites across the state spewed out 16 million metric tonnes of solid minerals in 2016. That was 38 percent of the total tonnes produced in Nigeria that year, making Ogun the leading ...
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Complex rocks of Southwestern Nigeria (Figure 1 shows the map of Ekiti state indicating the study area). Field observations at the survey site revealed that the lithology is the coarse porphyritic granite and the undifferentiated porphyritic granite and granite, gneiss and migmatite rock types. A characteristic feature of the Basement Complex
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The increase in demand of building stones and construction-grade sand has resulted in aggressive hard rock quarrying in many parts of the world. The problems are to be evaluated in detail for the judicious use of resources on the one hand and ensuring health of the ecosystems on the other. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of …
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In conclusion, the surrounding of the quarry is not polluted with CO2 NO2, CO, VOC, PM and noise but there is significant effect of the activity of quarry on the health and socio-economic of the ...
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ment among quarry workers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. ... (6.5%) and wheezing (5.2%). A similar study by [14], on the impact of granite quarrying on the health of workers, established that, 26% of ...
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PDF | On Sep 2, 2020, Charles I Osu published Impact of stone quarrying on the health of residents in Nigeria. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
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This research aims to study the management of and implementation of occupational health and safety issues associated with stone quarry work in selected quarries in Akamkpa, Cross River State Nigeria.
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Therefore, this paper assessed human actions such as mining/quarry industry and its effects on the natural environment and it also identifies the factors undermining environmental sustainability ...
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Both psychological and health problems suffered by nearby residents include shock (46.0%), nasal infection (29.2%), and asthma (4.6%). The quarry workers suffered predominantly from cough (26.0%), catarrh (20.0%) and sinusitis (15.0%).
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Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management Vol.2 . 2009 Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria *Oguntoke Olusegun; Aboaba Adeniyi and Gbadebo T. Adeola Abstract The present paper monitored levels of suspended particulate matters in the ambient air in and ...
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Moreover, 45% of the area residents and 44% of the quarry workers have experienced health problems related to quarrying activities. Nevertheless, there was a significant relationship between quarrying activities and the environmental as well as human health problems in the area (p<0.05). The positive impacts identified are; employment, …
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This study was carried out in quarry site at Ogbere town located at Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State; with main aim of assessing the impact of the quarry activity on bio-diversity ...
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Furthermore, similar findings of dust water pollution in quarry communities are reported by Mbuyi (2017) during a study on assessment of Environmental Impacts of Quarry operations in Ogun …
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Quarrying activities in the area were perceived to have both positive and negative impacts on the livelihood of people and the environment. Some of the most serious environmental problems were; dust pollution (82%), noise (76%), land degradation (74%), vegetation loss (60%) and vibration (52%).
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