Dust control has always been a difficult problem in the process of safe mining. Using
composite surfactants becomes a simple and effective dust suppression method. However …

Exposure to dust from the mining environment has historically resulted in epidemic levels of
mortality and morbidity from pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis, coal workers' …

Ambient particulate matter (PM) is a major contributor to air pollution, leading to adverse
health effects on the human population. It has been suggested that the oxidative potential …

High humidity and high dust concentration in deep coal mines may severely challenge the
performance of respirators worn by coal miners. This paper aims at quantitatively evaluating …

The overwhelming magnitude of coal-fired power plants has caused an inevitable release of
metal-containing nanoparticles (MNPs) into the atmosphere, which may be inhaled into the …

Oxidative potential (OP) is considered to be an efficient indicator of particulate matter (PM) to
induce oxidative stress in the lungs and is increasingly considered to be a relevant health …

Mine dust has been linked to the development of pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis
and coal workers' pneumoconiosis. Currently, it is understood that the physicochemical and …

The health risks associated with exposure to respirable dust in coal mines have been
attracted much attention by an increasing number of researchers. However, the accurate …

Precise determination of the elemental composition of metal-containing nanoparticles
(MCNPs) emitted from coal combustion is imperative for evaluating their health implications …

A previous effort to characterize respirable coal mine dust in 16 US mines turned up a
curious finding: particle-based analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tended …