causes and effects of common deseas in stone quarry communities i ghana
Awareness of Adverse Health Effects of Silica Dust …
This study investigated the influence of work experience on the level of awareness on adverse health effects of silica dust exposure among stone quarry …
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causes and effects of common deseas in stone quarry communities i ghana
Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and the ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. stone workers quarry owners and the community In contrast it was found that stone quarrying also effects 3 for instance reports that mining has a number of common stages or activities each of studies in the Northern Region of Ghana and East Gonja District in …
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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, status, trends, and consequences of mining in Ghana. The work reviews data on environmental and health impacts of mining such as pollution of …
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Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers …
Generalized linear models (complementary log-log regression) were fitted to cross-sectional survey data of 524 stone quarry workers in Ghana to assess the joint effect of work …
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Effect of particulate matter from quarry activities on crops and …
In South-Eastern Nigeria, several quarry operations provide 8.7% of the country's annual GDP to the economy. These businesses do, however, frequently cause air pollution. Extech Model VPC300 was used to measure PM2.5, PM10, and various meteorological factors, and conduct a social survey to determine the impact of particulate …
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Communities' awareness on environmental and social impacts of stone
A binary logistic regression model was done to identify the independent variables of communities unaware of the impacts of stone quarrying. 62.7% and 57.38% of the surveyed households had aware of ...
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(PDF) ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIMENSION STONE …
Ndarugo area, the common nega tive effects of dimensional stone quarry ing include s; loss of biodiversity, land dereliction, water pollution, air pollution, and health related problems to both
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Quarrying of Stones: Its Methods, Selection of Site
Quarrying of Stones. Definition: Stones occur in the form of natural rock masses or layers on the surface. The process of extraction of suitable stones from their natural rock beds or layers is commonly called Quarrying of Stones.. It differs from the mining of ores of metals in that whereas quarrying is an operation carried out entirely on the surface, mining …
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Effects of Quarry Activities on some Selected Communities in the …
We have carried out an assessment on the environmental effects of limestone quarrying on some communities in the Lower Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region of Ghana. Dust emission is one of the major effects of the practice of limestone extraction and as such, dust (PM 10 ) sampling was conducted at the affected communities.
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Awareness of adverse health effects of silica dust …
the level of awareness on adverse health effects of silica dust exposure among stone quarry workers in Ghana while controlling for theoretically relevant …
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Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights from …
stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case study approach, information was gathered from 90 households in eight host communities and institutional interviews. The ...
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Cities and floods: A pragmatic insight into the determinants of
Floods are common events that confront many cities in the developing world. Ghana, a developing country, is persistently challenged with flood events, especially in its major cities. In informal Accra, for instance, despite the severity of flood effects and its associated threats, poor informal residents continue to stay.
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF …
Socio-economic analysis indicated that benefits of stone quarrying outweighed costs. For example, 100% of respondents indicated that employment arose from stone quarrying and 79% stated that, standards …
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Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers …
Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers exposed to silica dust in Ghana | Semantic Scholar. This study assessed how work‐post and use of …
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Environmental and Health impact of Quarry mining among …
in the air. Quarry dust produced after cutting stones, was also another serious cause of air pollution in the area .When strong winds blow over the quarry sites, a lot of dust is lifted in the air and it cause a lot of nuisance around the area. Noise pollution is mainly as a result of the working of some heavy machinery and blasting of stones.
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Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights …
Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana.
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Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers …
This study assessed the joint effect of work-post (distance to main dust source-crusher) and PPE usage on the likelihood of workers experiencing adverse health outcomes (eye irritation, breathing difficulty, coughing, and common cold) in stone quarries in Ghana. The study found that stone quarry workers who work between 1-100 …
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Exposure to dust and noise caused by quarrying activities has resulted in health complications among the quarry workers and communities living near the quarries (Nwibo et al., 2012; Kim et al ...
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Impact of stone quarrying on the health of residents in Nigeria.
This study investigated the effect of stone quarry activities and seasonal variation on the concentration of air pollutants. Higher concentration of particulate matter was observed in the dry ...
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Occurrence of Respiratory and Skin problems among manual stone
Quarry dust has also been found to cause a killer disease called 'silicosis', especially among quarry workers through the inhalation of minute dust particles (0.1 to 150 μm) high in silica ...
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Stone quarries, What safety measures are in place?
Quarries are necessary for infrastructure development. Quarry dust and stones are used for road construction and estate development. The business of quarries plays very important roles in any ...
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Awareness of adverse health effects of silica dust exposure …
occupational exposure to silica dust in stone quarries in Ghana. Data were collected from thirty stone quarries in five southern regions (Central, Western, Greater Accra, Eastern, and Ashanti) between May 2018 to February 2019. Simple random sampling method was used to recruit the participants (eighteen years or above) for the study.
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Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry
Scrap stone and fine stone dust can be used for constructing low-cost masonry wall by using stone dust as a fine aggregate and scrap stones as coarse aggregate. In some rural areas of Jodhpur district, it is used for building walls by piling scrap stones on each other and binding them with a mixture of mud and water (Fig. 5.11 ).
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Four Killed in Blast at Chinese-Owned Quarry in Ghana
Sept. 10, 2023, at 7:46 a.m. Four Killed in Blast at Chinese-Owned Quarry in Ghana. ACCRA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed, including one Chinese national, in an explosion at a granite ...
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(PDF) Effects of Quarry Activities on Some Selected …
Concerning the environmental impact, quarries and stone cutting industries cause ecological disturbance, destruction of natural …
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Comparison of the Environmental Impact and Production Cost
Geoheritage and geoconservation are concerned with the preservation of geological features and are significant global endeavors, as evidenced by various international and intra-national conservation bodies, with agreements, conventions, and inter-governmental initiatives. In recent years, aggregate production from stream beds to …
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The risk of pulmonary disease and other health hazards among small scale stone quarry workers: A study at miotso in the ningo-prampram district of Ghana their exposure to hazards of quarrying.
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Self-reported disease symptoms of... preview & related …
Methods: Generalized linear models (complementary log-log regression) were fitted to cross-sectional survey data of 524 stone quarry workers in Ghana to assess the joint …
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Incidence of respiratory problems among quarry workers
Exposure to dust and noise caused by quarrying activities has resulted in health complications among the quarry workers and communities living near the quarries (Nwibo et al., 2012; Kim et al ...
ادامه مطلب(PDF) Assessing the Impact of Stone Quarrying on …
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. The end product materials from the quarries include marble, gravel, granite, dimension stone and limestone which are ...
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