Spatial aggregation of different industrial facilities leads to simultaneous release of pollutant emissions. Our objective is to study cancer mortality risk associated with residence in the vicinity of pollutant factories. We used data on industries for year 2007 (3458 facilities). For the 8,098 Spanish towns, we defined a factor with 4 levels based on the number of factories in a radius of 2.5...

There is currently scarce information on the occurrence and distributions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the air from industrial estates in Nigeria. Hence, the present study aims to evaluate the extent and sources of pollution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the air from some industrial estates in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria. Ten air samples have been collected from the...

250 rickshaw pullers have born studied on socio-demographic factor, the extent of life use, recent use, current use and the frequency of use or various drugs, and motivating factors for consuming these drugs. The results of present work have been discussed.

Large number of epidemiological studies to know the effect of air pollution on the general mortality and morbidity, and the cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality are concentrated in USA and Europe. Regional differences in air pollution necessitate regional level health effects studies. Present study is a cross sectional pilot study from India, an Asian country. A sample of population from an ...

Eco-industrial parks (EIPs) have recently appeared as an innovative approach to addressing modern business concerns in the face of increased environmental degradation. From the most complex (Kalundborg) all the way down to two-company linkages, the implementation of this concept is becoming increasingly widespread around the world. The focus of this paper is to illustrate one such linkage in Mo...