Epidemiological studies have shown the association between the exposure to air pollution and several adverse health effects. To evaluate the possible acute health effects of air pollution due to the emissions of a cement plant in two small municipalities in Italy (Mazzano and Rezzato), a case-control study design was used. The risks of hospital admission for cardiovascular or respiratory diseas...

BACKGROUND Five workers from a plant manufacturing concrete wall panels and beams were referred to our department because of suspected occupational dermatitis. When patch tested, 3 workers reacted to potassium dichromate. Four workers reacted to ethylenediamine dihydrochloride, without any obvious exposure. Owing to the high proportion of workers with recent-onset skin disease, an investigation...

We are pleased to submit our white paper report on the Reduced Emission Oxygen (REO) kiln. The document outlines the basic technology and the operational differences between the REO kiln and a conventional cement plant. We trust that you will find the results as exciting as we do and look forward moving this next generation cement technology to market. The REO kiln represents a paradigm shift i...

background : cement industry has many process units. basically all of these units can be considered as a source of noise. since noise pollution is defined based on its offensive hearing effects, the importance of the noise sources depends directly on the number of workers in the unit.   materials and methods : an experimental study has been done at tehran cement factory to recognize and analyze...

Being the second largest manufacturing industry in India, cement industry is one of the major contributors of suspended particulate matter (SPM). Since plants are sensitive to air pollution, introducing suitable plant species as part of the greenbelt around cement industry was the objective of the present study. Suitable plant species were selected based on the Air pollution tolerance index (AP...

environmental pollution by various pollutants is one of the most important problems of this century. at least 20 elements, including chromium have been classified in toxic metals group, that half of them are released in the environment in excessive amounts of standards. chromium is a toxic pollutant that is widely spread in the environment and exists in cement and concrete. the aim of this stud...

In order to evaluate the relationship between sulphur (S), glucose (G), nitrogen (N) and plant residues (st), on sulphur immobilization and microbial transformation. Five soil samples from 0-30 cm of Bastam farmer's fields of Shahrood area were collected. Eleven treatments with different levels of S, G, N and plant residues (wheat straw) were applied in a randomized block design with three repl...

limestone, exploited near bielawy, a town located in the kujawsko-pomorskie province ofpoland, is the main raw material in the production process in a cement plant. the dust emitted by the factory is of alkaline ph and contains such heavy metals as: cadmium (cd), lead (pb), chromium (cr) and nickel (ni). the research aims at assessing the influence of cement dust on the total content and bioava...

The predominant asbestos fibre type used in the production of asbestos cement is chrysotile. The use of asbestos in relation to fibre type in a Norwegian asbestos cement plant during 1942-80 was 91.7% chrysotile, 3.1% amosite, 4.1% crocidolite, and 1.1% anthophyllite respectively. Electron microscopy and x ray microanalysis of lung tissue samples of asbestos cement workers who had died of malig...