Coal Handling Activities Induced Human Health Impact in a Town of Central India

Dinesh Wadikar^{1, 2}, Atul Daiwile¹, Md. Ozair Farooqui¹, Amit Bafana¹, Umamaheswari Arthanari², Vidyanand Motghare³, Elumalai Sanniyasi⁴, Saravanadevi Sivanesan^1, and 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

Cite this paper:
Dinesh Wadikar, Atul Daiwile, Md. Ozair Farooqui, Amit Bafana, Umamaheswari Arthanari, Vidyanand Motghare, Elumalai Sanniyasi, Saravanadevi Sivanesan and 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

Abstract

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.

Keywords:
CC16 coal mining hazard index human health ICP-OES lung epithelial cell

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