Dinesh Wadikar1, 2,
Atul Daiwile1,
Md. Ozair Farooqui1,
Amit Bafana1,
Umamaheswari Arthanari2,
Vidyanand Motghare3,
Elumalai Sanniyasi4,
Saravanadevi Sivanesan1,
,
Krishnamurthi Kannan1 1Health and Toxicity Cell, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), CSIR, Nagpur, India
2Department of Plant Biology & Biotechnology, Presidency College, Chennai- 600005, India
3Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Mumbai, India
4Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil-Nadu, India
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
2022,
Vol. 10 No. 4, 201-209
DOI: 10.12691/aees-10-4-4
Copyright © 2022 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Dinesh Wadikar, Atul Daiwile, Md. Ozair Farooqui, Amit Bafana, Umamaheswari Arthanari, Vidyanand Motghare, Elumalai Sanniyasi, Saravanadevi Sivanesan, Krishnamurthi Kannan. Coal Handling Activities Induced Human Health Impact in a Town of Central India.
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2022; 10(4):201-209. doi: 10.12691/aees-10-4-4.
Correspondence to: Saravanadevi Sivanesan, Health and Toxicity Cell, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), CSIR, Nagpur, India. Email:
ss_devi@neeri.res.inAbstract
Surface coal mining practices pose health risks by triggering respiratory inflammation. This study investigated the impact of coal handling on respiratory health in coal (Wani) and non-coal handling (Arni) areas in central India for the first time. Air particulate matter (PM) and associated heavy metal concentrations (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were estimated at each location. Wani showed higher level of PM-associated heavy metals compared to Arni. Particularly, Arsenic was present in Wani but not in Arni PM samples. Serum lung epithelial injury biomarker (CC16) was also measured in Wani (n = 148) and Arni (n = 95) populations. Unadjusted serum CC16 was significantly lower in Wani than in Arni (6.99 ± 5.14 µg/L vs 10.89 ± 4.95 µg/L; p < 0.001). Results revealed that the population at Wani is more vulnerable to lung epithelial injury.
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