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Management of Solid Waste Containing Fluoride—A Review
Abstract Technological and economic development have influenced the amount of post-production waste. Post-industrial waste, generated in the most considerable amount, includes, among others, waste related to the mining, metallurgical, and energy industries. Various non-hazardous or hazardous wastes can be used to produce new construction materials after the “solidification/stabilization” processes. They can be used as admixtures […]
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Using urinary fluoride and dental fluorosis as biomarkers of fluoride exposure in brick kiln workers in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Abstract A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the level of urinary fluoride and dental fluorosis in brick kiln workers (n=100) and a control group (n=20) in Balochistan, Pakistan. The fluoride level was also assessed in groundwater samples(n=30). The results showed the urinary fluoride level was significantly greater (p<0.05)in the brick kiln workers (0.17–0.30 mg/L) […]
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Greens win court case seeking stronger air pollution rules for brick makers
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that parts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest air pollution rule for brick makers don’t go far enough. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit accepted arguments from environmental groups, saying that the EPA acted improperly when it downplayed cancer risks from certain pollutants and […]
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Denton’s Acme Brick faces penalty for August 2015 emissions
Acme Brick faces a state penalty after the scrubber on its smokestack failed in August 2015, triggering a week of emissions that included tons of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen fluoride. Beginning Aug. 11, 2015, and continuing for 176 hours, Acme’s smokestack emitted hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide, according to state documents. Both are byproducts of […]
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Sierra Club Petition to EPA on lax Brick & Ceramic kiln National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Petition for Review of Final Administrative Action of the United States Environmental Protection Agency *Online at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/sierra-petition.brick_.11-14-16.pdf SIERRA CLUB,et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. Excerpt: Petitioners seek review of the final action taken by EPA at 80 Fed. Reg. 65,470 (Oct. 26, 2015) and entitled “NESHAP [National Emission Standards […]
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Final Rule for National Emission Standards for HF from Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
Summary of the Major Provisions The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits for non-Hg HAP metals (or PM surrogate) and Hg, and a health-based emission limit (HBEL) for acid gases (hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2)) for BSCP tunnel kilns… b. Clay Ceramics Manufacturing NESHAP The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits […]
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Hydrogen fluoride damage to vegetation from peri-urban brick kilns in Asia: a growing but unrecognised problem?
Highlights Demand for bricks is increasing in many parts of Asia. Fluoride emissions from brick kilns may pose a threat to peri-urban agriculture. We found extensive injury to fruit orchards close to brick kilns in Peshawar. Local farmers suffered large economic losses but did not identify brick kilns as a cause of this. The extent […]
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Pakistan: Brick kiln emissions affect crop yields, study finds
ISLAMABAD] – Hydrogen fluoride emissions from brick kilns have been found to damage trees and crops in new studies conducted by an international team of scientists in the Peshawar area of northern Pakistan. Peshawar has 450 brick kilns and hydrogen fluoride is also released by factories making aluminium, ceramics, and phosphate fertilisers. Reporting their findings […]
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Warnham UK: Brickworks to bring repairs forward
ACTION has been taken to bring forward repairs at Wienerberger’s Warnham brickworks after the County Times reported concerns about a broken chimney gas cleanser, excessive hydrogen fluoride emissions, and a ‘low-level haze’ in the area. Two weeks ago Cressida Elias, of Langhurstwood Road, branded the company’s decision to replace the ‘scrubber’ at Christmas ‘outrageous’. Heavily […]
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Vietnam: Brickmakers to build a cleaner future
NAM DINH — “My kiln doesn’t have a bad impact on the environment. Have a look! All the trees around my property are growing,” says Do Huy Toi defiantly. Many people wouldn’t agree with Toi, the owner of an old-style brick kiln in Nam Dinh Province. In 2001, the Government decreed that by this year, […]
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