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"The most recent study, "Appalachian mountaintop mining particulate matter induces neoplastic transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells and promotes tumor formation," found a direct link between mountaintop removal dust and lung cancer.
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This point is of importance, particularly since the inhalation of PNA in situations of air pollution or coal mining involves particulates, although of a different type.
These practices and situations may lead to undesired human exposure through inhalation or ingestion of mine-waste particulates containing high concentrations of Hg.
Data shown here indicate that long-term human exposure to airborne dust containing Hg mine-waste calcine particulates or continual hand-to-mouth exposure to Hg-bearing calcines should be limited as much as possible to avoid unnecessary ingestion of Hg.
Although inhalation is mentioned as a way that lead can enter the body, only the Port Pirie materials specifically discuss inhalation of fine particulate matter from mining and/or smelting emissions as a route of exposure.
The risk of exposure to particulate matter from mine dumps is well documented by international research studies [ 30- 32].
Further, there is insufficient sampling data to develop reliable exposure estimates for potential confounders for lung cancer such as workplace exposure to diesel particulate generated by mine machinery, or exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust.
The rats used in our study were from a reputable supplier (Harlan Laboratories), and we have not encountered eosinophils in the lavage of rats instilled with numerous other dusts (e.g., asbestos, coal mine dust, glass fibers, urban particulate matter) over 30 years.
Particulate emissions associated with mining operations are commonly associated with significantly elevated levels of one or more of these contaminants [ 25, 28].
Aeolian transport of particulate matter from these mine tailings impoundments are potential hazards to human health due to the presence of metal and metalloid contaminants.
An enhancement of radioactivity in wells of the mine areas is associated particularly to the particulate phase in wells W2 and W3.
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