Open AccessEnvironmental health impact assessment of national aluminum company, Orissa
Author(s) -
Rajan R Patil
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.90378
Subject(s) - environmental health , environmental impact assessment , human health , health assessment , health impact assessment , risk assessment , skeletal fluorosis , hazard , impact assessment , vulnerability (computing) , business , environmental protection , public health , environmental planning , medicine , geography , dental fluorosis , fluoride , ecology , biology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , nursing , computer security , pathology , public administration , computer science , political science
Environmental Health Impact Assessment of industries is an important tool help decision-makers make choices about alternatives and improvements to prevent disease/injury and to actively promote health around industrial sites. A rapid environmental health hazard and vulnerability assessment of National Aluminum Company was undertaken in the villages in the vicinity plant in Angul region of Orissa. Aluminum smelter plant was known to discharge hundreds of tones of fluoride in to the environment contaminating the ecosystem around the plant. The present Environmental health impact assessment was carried out in 2005-06 at the request of officials from Government of Orissa. The findings showed adverse effects on human, veterinary and ecological health. Human health effects manifestations included dental and skeletal fluorosis. Veternary health effects were manifested through skeletal fluorosis. Ecological adverse effects were manifested by damage to paddy fields and crop yield.