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Comments on "Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis prevalence disparity between Australia and the United States."

Authors

Huang-X; Luo-Y; Luxbacher-K

Source

Min Eng 2013 Feb; 65(2):44-46

Link

http://me.smenet.org/issueFinder.cfm?context=1&submit=1&criteria=1&monthno=&year= 

NIOSHTIC No.

20042013 

Abstract

Despite a strong association between quartz content in mixed coal dust and the prevalence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), as observed by Joy et al. (2012), increasing evidence demonstrates that bioavailable iron content in the coal is a likely causative compound that cannot be ignored. Instead of asking which compounds cause CWP, a more pragmatic question should be what compound(s) in the mixed coal dust prevents CWP from rising in the Western coal workers. Here we discuss the potential use of calcite as a protective agent to prevent CWP in the Appalachian coal field.

Keywords

Quartz-dust; Coal-dust; Dust-exposure; Dust-inhalation; Dusts; Dust-particles; Coal-workers; Coal-workers-pneumoconiosis; Biological-effects; Biological-material; Iron-compounds

CODEN

MIENAB

CAS No.

14808-60-7; 7439-89-6; 471-34-1

Publication Date

20130201

Document Type

Other

Email Address

Xi.Huang@nyumo.org

Fiscal Year

2013

NTIS Accession No.

NTIS Price

Identifying No.

B20130124

Issue of Publication

2

ISSN

0026-5187

NIOSH Division

OMSHR

Source Name

Mining Engineering

State

NY; VA; WV