This study aims to analyze the influence of limestone dust levels to the progressive increase in the levels of TNFα personal and decreased lung function in miners.

Learn how to prevent concrete dust inhalation and protect your lung health, prioritizing prevention and early intervention strategies.

It is showed that inhaled dust exposure significantly influences the occurrence of lung function disorder and is expected to be an input for local government and Health Service in particular, in making guidelines of the programs related to harmful effects from the workplace to the workers health.

Ground from regular limestone, non-caustic lime contains mostly calcium carbonate. The most common varieties of non-caustic lime include calcitic limestone and dolomitic lime, and each type is safe to use in your garden. While these non-caustic lime varieties are safe, you still need to exercise certain precautions when using them in your …

Rock quarries create invisible dust particles proven to cause silicosis—an incurable lung disease. Long-term exposure to particulate matter dust is strongly associated with heart disease, stroke, infertility, and pregnancy complications.

When materials such as concrete, stone, brick, or granite are cut or ground by workers, it can create extremely fine dust particles, which can make their way deep into the lungs if inhaled. These silica dust particles can cause scarring in the lungs, leading to a serious and irreversible lung condition known as silicosis.

Breathing in cement dust can cause a range of respiratory illnesses, including: Silicosis: Inhalation of silica dust, such as that found in cement dust, can induce a lung illness known as silicosis. Scarring and stiffness in the lungs from silica exposure can make it hard to breathe and reduce oxygen intake.

Silicosis is an occupational lung disease that occurs from inhaling silica dust. This guide includes information about symptoms, causes, treatments, and more.

The use of crushed limestone dust may affect the properties of concrete. As per Celik and Marar [2] the inherent property of concrete to flow known as workability decreases with the use of crushed limestone dust.

Difficulty breathing and allergies often go hand in hand. Allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis are the two common types of respiratory allergies that can cause coughing, wheezing, and other respiratory symptoms. Learn more about these allergies and how to …

Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular "engineered" stone. The material is more than 90% silica.

This study explores human exposure to harmful dust when antidust chalk is used for teaching, as well as dust particle size distribution and how chalk dust affects indoor air quality.

Studies on effects of cement dust exposure on lung and liver functions in occupationally exposed individuals in Nigeria have been documented [ 2, 8, 9 ]; however, information on the levels of some essential and nonessential elements and their relative or absolute contribution to lung and liver toxicities among individuals occupationally …

The present study was undertaken to identify respirable dust concentrations and free silica content in 24 dust samples collected from a limestone mine during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons.

Dive into the research topics of 'Effect of limestone dust exposure on lung physiology decline and increase of interleukin6 level of blood serum of limestone processing workers in Kesamben village, Plumpang sub-district of Tuban Regency'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of limestone dust exposure to lung function capacity in the limestone processing industry workers. This type of research is an observational descriptive using a cross-sectional approach.

The results indicate that exposure to limestone dust is associated with increased prevalence of respiratory symptoms, and proper use of personal protective equipments should be emphasized.

Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease that affects miners, builders, and other workers who breathe in certain types of dust on the job. Here's what to know.

Few studies have been carried out on acute effects of cement dust exposure. This study is conducted to investigate the associations between current "total" dust exposure and acute respiratory symptoms and respiratory function among cement factory workers.A ...

Calcium hydroxide is a white powder produced by mixing calcium oxide (lime) with water. Calcium hydroxide poisoning occurs when someone swallows this substance. This article is for information only. DO NOT use it to treat or manage an actual poison exposure. If you or someone you are with has an exposure, call your local emergency number (such ...

Environmental exposure to dust from quarrying activities could pose health dangers to the population living nearby. This study aimed to investigate the health effects of dust exposure on people living close …

You generate dust from these materials during many common construction tasks. These include cutting, drilling, grinding and polishing. Some of this dust is fine enough to get deep into your lungs. The fine dust is known as respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and is too fine to see with normal lighting. It is commonly called silica or silica dust.

The study concluded that generation of PM 2.5 -sized particles may impose serious respiratory health effects over the workers engaged in mining, crushing, and transportation of sandstone. Apart from it, population residing downwind of the mining area is particularly vulnerable to the pulmonary effects due to inhalation of dust.

Symptoms of silicosis can appear from a few weeks to many years after exposure to silica dust. Symptoms typically worsen over time as scarring in the lungs occurs.

Breathing crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis, which in severe cases can be disabling, or even fatal. When silica dust enters the lungs, it causes the formation of scar tissue, which makes it difficult for the lungs to take in oxygen. There is no cure for silicosis. Silicosis typically occurs after 15–20 years of occupational exposure ...

The total surface area of dust particles are so large that they are more physically, chemically and biologically active than the parent material. Mine dusts are classified based on the size distributions of the particulates and in terms of physiological effects.

These lung cancers presenting due to the probable additive effect of exposures to concrete, other construction work and cigarette smoke are labelled uniquely by us as the medical concrete cancer.

Personal precautions and emergency procedures: Wear appropriate protective equipment and clothing during clean-up of materials that contain or may liberate limestone dust.

Silicosis is one of the major occupational lung diseases among miners worldwide. The objective of this study was to characterize respirable dust and crystalline silica from limestone, iron, and bauxite mines in India. In total, 86 personal dust samples were collected from limestone (n = 30), iron (n …

Grain dust had been classified as a 'nuisance' dust; it does not, in the view of the influential American Conference of Government and Industrial Hygienists, require regulation because of its ill health effects on exposed workers.