Health Hazards in the Coal and Chemical Industries

[Environmental chemical hazards and child health].

OBJECTIVES To review the recent medical literature on environmental chemical hazards to child health. SOURCES OF DATA Articles published on this subject between 1999 and 2005 were searched in the MEDLINE database. Books, manuals and statements on child environmental health, issued by institutions such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, were also reviewed....

Safety Measures and Health Hazards among Coal Miners

Background and Aims: Coal is a naturally occurring mineral and a large source of fossil fuel throughout the world. Its importance in Pakistan increases as other fuels, like petroleum are scares and expensive coal is abundant and cheap. Coal dust comprise of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,nitrogen, sulphur, quartz and some traces of iron, lead and copper. These particles are not degradable and deposit...

Pharmaceutical Pollution in the Environment and Health Hazards

Priorities in the investigation of human health hazards in the plastics and synthetic rubber industries

Experiences in the past decade provide guidance in selecting priorities for investigation of health hazards in chemical industries. Pride of place should be given to the experience of large industrial populations, in part simply because large numbers of people are at risk and in part because such studies are more likely to give reliable answers. This recommendation has further strength when the...

Occupational health and safety in chemical industries in transitional economies

In the field of occupational hygiene, the setting of permissible levels of hazards in the work environment is one of the mechanisms used in occupational health to prevent health impairment in the worker. The term “permissible level” has been defined. Basically, it is a quantitative hygiene standard for a level considered to be safe, expressed as a concentration for a defined average time. In re...