Intake Fraction of PM10 from Coal Mine Emissions in the North of Colombia
Joint Authors
Arregocés, Heli A.
Rojano, Roberto
Angulo, Luis
Restrepo, Gloria
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intake fraction was determined in this study to provide insight into population exposures to PM10 that is effectively inhaled due to emissions of an opencast coal mine.
We applied the CALPUFF model to a coal mine in Northern Colombia, which has 6 active pits with an annual production of 33.7 million tons.
We estimated the intake fractions for 7 towns through the integration of dispersion model results over the population data.
The resulting average intake fractions were between 6.13 × 10−9 and 3.66 × 10−8 for PM10.
62.4% of the intake fractions in the domain were calculated within a 23 km radius from the coal mine and coved 44.3% of the total population in this area.
We calculated an estimate point for morbidity impacts using standard epidemiological assumptions.
It is estimated that there were annually 105835 restricted activity days and 336832 respiratory symptom cases due to the direct impact of the opencast coal mining.
These data also provide a framework for improved understanding of the effect of coal mining in Colombia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Arregocés, Heli A.& Rojano, Roberto& Angulo, Luis& Restrepo, Gloria. 2018. Intake Fraction of PM10 from Coal Mine Emissions in the North of Colombia. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Arregocés, Heli A.…[et al.]. Intake Fraction of PM10 from Coal Mine Emissions in the North of Colombia. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Arregocés, Heli A.& Rojano, Roberto& Angulo, Luis& Restrepo, Gloria. Intake Fraction of PM10 from Coal Mine Emissions in the North of Colombia. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184899
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1184899