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0.0219), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0316) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0259) when compared with the control. Furthermore, significant decrease in the p value- axis of quarry machine operators (p ...
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According to Babatunde et al., (2013), different quarrying activities have different impacts on air quality and the process of creating or making holes in rock, limestone or overburden with the …
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A study in Nigeria showed a significant decrease in FVC and FEV1 among the quarry workers of the stone-crushing industry exposed to dust. 11 Another study done on stone crushers found that PFT ...
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stone quarrying and the occurrence of respiratory disease symptoms among the quarry workers, the prevalence of dermatoses on the quarry workers compared to a control population, and the level of knowledge of the workers on the impact of dust inhalation to their health. Materials and methods The quarry area studied is located in Lokpanta in
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To assess the awareness of work-related ocular health hazards and utilization of personal protective eye devices (PPEDs) among stone quarry workers in Abakaliki, southeastern Nigeria. In a cross-sectional survey of stone quarry industry workers in ...
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This study aims to evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the electrocardiogram of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis. 100 workers from quarry industry (test group) and 100 civil servants ...
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This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the effects on the people in ...
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local residents due to stone quarrying, 68 workers and 27 l ocal residents were interviewed. Results of the health survey show that 65.5 % of the workers surveyed were affected by breathing ...
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A.N. Nwibo and E.A. Ugwuja et al, blazed a trail on quarry in Abakaliki in their research "Pulmonary problem among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuogharu, Ebonyi State" in the International …
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The net effect was that Abakaliki people, like other parts of Nigeria, gradually started loosing the zeal to produce handicraft items and certain traditional farming practices. ... The health impacts of working in stone quarrying industry are enormous. ... However it is important to note that before the advent of quarry Abakaliki people earned ...
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These were located in six sites as follows: Abakaliki and its environs in Abakaliki LGA had three sites, one each in Abakaliki-Enugu road, Abakaliki-Ogoja road and old Abakaliki-Enugu road. The remaining three sites were one each in Ishiagu in Ivo LGA, Ikenyi in Nnodo in Ebonyi LGA and Ukwuagba in Ngbo East in Ohaukwu LGA. The list of quarries
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Air Pollution from quarrying. Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, whereas coal …
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Quarrying activities for rocks, sand, gravel, and limestone for road beds, to make building stones, (Hussain, 2001, Cunningham and Saigo, 2005; Liman, 2016) are environmental polluting …
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stone dust have not been studied among quarry workers in Abakaliki. Considering the fact that quarry in-dustry has become one of the major em-ployers of labour as well as the means of …
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This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the effects on the people in ...
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Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...
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IOSR Journals, 2019. The study aimed to assess the occupational health hazards among quarry workers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study employed a cross sectional study that deals with observational and clinical examination that involved the measurement of outdoor gaseous pollutants, interview of participants with a well structured questionnaire and ocular examination …
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Quarry Industries in Abakaliki Town of Ebonyi State, Nigeria ... the residents near quarries was identified as nasal infection. ... A common negative effect of quarrying minerals from the earth …
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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 Olusegun and …
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A cross-sectional study design was used and established a modest but statistically significant prevalence of COPD among the residents and quarry workers to be 18.7%. Those aware of dangers associated with quarrying and biomass fuel use were 572(81.13%).
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Stone quarrying and the concept of sustainable development Generally, stone quarrying is a multiple stage proce-dure through which rock is dug from the earth and
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Problems Associated With Stone Quarrying On Abakaliki Stone quarrying is a multistep process by which rock is extracted from the ground and Pnmoconiosis is a group of lung diseases caused by inhalation of airborne Abakaliki in Ebonyi State of Nigeria to evaluate the impact of quarry dust history of impact of stone crushing on environment ...
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There is a paucity of information about the magnitude of pollution on air and water and how it varies with quarry sites. This study therefore investigated the physical impacts of quarrying on air and water and explored the in-situ mitigations to undesirable effects due to stone quarrying. Four active quarry sites were identified.
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Background: Stone quarrying activities generate dust and fine particulate matters of silica and heavy metals. The prolonged exposure to suspended particulates leads to fatal respiratory complications.
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It is on these bases that the study was conducted to unearth the effects of dimension stone quarrying activities in consideration to legal frame works in Ndarugo area in Kiambu County, Kenya ...
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This was a cross sectional study designed to evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the electrocardiogram of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis. There are three different groups of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis namely; quarry machine operators, quarry stone carriers, and quarry stone crushers. ECG parameters were also
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Health risks and perceptions of residents living nearby landfills or stone mines/quarries have been well documented; however, the multiple impacts of these two pollution sources have yet to be ...
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soil and vegetation of a quarry site by Bada & Fagbayibgo, (2009) and on the level of suspended particulates in the ambient air and around selected quarry sites by Oguntoke et al., (2009) but much work has not been done on the effect of quarry activities in relation to the emission of greenhouse gases and suspended particulates.
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ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF STONE QUARRYING: THE CASE OF WENCHI MUNICIPALITY IN THE BRONG AHAFO REGION OF GHANA By ... have been several concerns raised by many people especially the host communities who are farmers and depend mainly on agriculture for their livelihood, with regards to land degradation, ...
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