Cement industry pollution and impact on public health in Nalgonda district of Telangana state

Abstract

The cement industry is an energy intensive and significant contributor to climate change. The major environment health and safety issues associated with cement production are emissions to air and energy use. Cement manufacturing requires huge amount of non renewable resources like raw material and fossil fuels. From this point of view, human health takes an important role in cement production studies since many of the cement industry has direct and indirect effects on human health, especially in industrial cities. Producing the enormous amount of respiratory organics and in organics pollutant during the overall cement lifecycle. The present study focus on air pollution linked diseases among the people of sampling sites. Result determines the maximum incidence of respiratory problems. This study has highlighted the problem of environmental pollution and health risks of residents living near Penna and Deccan Cements factory, and its effect on the environment and the residents of the area.