Physico-chemical properties and reactive oxygen species generation by respirable coal dust: Implication for human health risk assessment

MA Zazouli, R Dehbandi, M Mohammadyan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the mineralogy, micro-morphology, chemical characteristics and
oxidation toxicity of respirable dusts generated in underground coal mines. The active …

[HTML][HTML] Mineralogy, geochemistry and toxicity of size-segregated respirable deposited dust in underground coal mines

P Trechera, T Moreno, P Córdoba, N Moreno… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
We focus on a comparison of the geochemistry and mineralogy patterns found in coal,
deposited dust (DD), respirable deposited dust (RDD) and inhalable suspended dust …

Characterization and toxicity analysis of lab-created respirable coal mine dust from the appalachians and rocky mountains regions

V Salinas, M Das, Q Jacquez, A Camacho… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coal mine workers are continuously exposed to respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) in
workplaces, causing severe lung diseases. RCMD characteristics and their relations with …

Characterization of nano-to-micron sized respirable coal dust: Particle surface alteration and the health impact

R Zhang, S Liu, S Zheng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical and physical properties of coal dust particles significantly influence the inhalation
of respirable coal dust by miners, causing several lung diseases such as coal workers' …

Coal dust-induced systematic hypoxia and redox imbalance among coal mine workers

AI Batool, NH Naveed, M Aslam, J da Silva… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Continuous inhalation of coal dust among coal workers leads to a variety of disorders. The
present study aims to evaluate the potential oxidative stress associated with coal dust …

Respirable coal mine dust: a review of respiratory deposition, regulations, and characterization

Y Shekarian, E Rahimi, M Rezaee, WC Su… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the late 1990s, despite years of efforts to understand and reduce coal worker's
pneumoconiosis (CWP) prevalence from more than 30% in 1970 to less than 4.2%, the level …

[HTML][HTML] Human health and environmental impacts of coal combustion and post-combustion wastes

ME Munawer - Journal of Sustainable Mining, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to its high energy generation potential, coal is widely used in power generation in
different countries. Although, the presence of carbon, hydrogen and sulfur in coal facilitates …

Heavy metals in dusts from commercial and residential areas of Jharia coal mining town

TK Rout, RE Masto, PK Padhy, LC Ram… - Environmental Earth …, 2015 - Springer
People living in coal mine and other coal-based industrial areas are prone to health risk
from heavy-metal exposure in dust emissions. Establishing the source of the toxic metals in …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive evaluation of potential coal mine dust emissions in an open-pit coal mine in Northwest China

P Trechera, T Moreno, P Córdoba, N Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coal mining in China is continually increasing, and the associated emitted coal mine dust is
of growing environmental and occupational concern. In this study, deposited coal mine dust …

Review of respirable coal mine dust characterization for mass concentration, size distribution and chemical composition

B Abbasi, X Wang, JC Chow, JG Watson, B Peik… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) exposure is associated with black lung and silicosis
diseases in underground miners. Although only RCMD mass and silica concentrations are …