Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery
Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery
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DOI：
10.1007/s10653-019-00367-7
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Stewart, Alex G.
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作者：
Stewart, Alex G.
无论是大规模工业采矿还是小规模手工采矿，采矿仍然是一项危险活动。不仅发生事故，而且接触灰尘和毒素，加上工作环境或管理压力造成的压力，沿着这些因素，会引起一系列影响矿工的疾病。我从不同的个人角度看待采矿和健康：普通人的角度（生命的大部分依赖于房子、汽车和电话中的矿物质）;作为环境地球化学与健康协会的成员（环境污染和退化导致附近社区的健康状况不佳）;作为一名公共卫生医生（采矿业的健康受到许多因素的影响，通常是混合作用的，包括个人遗传-基因组成、性别、年龄;个人选择-饮食、生活方式;生活条件-就业、战争;社会支持-家庭、当地社区;环境条件-教育、工作;国家和国际限制-贸易、经济、自然界）;作为志愿者（采矿健康成本不仅限于矿工或工业，而是由分享采矿利益的每个人-我们所有人-承担）;和作为一个外行传教士（目前的全球经济集中在利润的代价是矿工的健康）。学术界与社区、政府和工业界的伙伴关系应制定基于证据的解决方案。就业、健康、经济稳定和环境保护不一定相互排斥。我们都需要采取行动。
Mining continues to be a dangerous activity, whether large-scale industrial mining or small-scale artisanal mining. Not only are there accidents, but exposure to dust and toxins, along with stress from the working environment or managerial pressures, give rise to a range of diseases that affect miners. I look at mining and health from various personal perspectives: that of the ordinary man (much of life depends on mined elements in the house, car and phone); as a member of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (environmental contamination and degradation leads to ill health in nearby communities); as a public health doctor (mining health is affected by many factors, usually acting in a mix, ranging from individual inheritance-genetic makeup, sex, age; personal choices-diet, lifestyle; living conditions-employment, war; social support-family, local community; environmental conditions-education, work; to national and international constraints-trade, economy, natural world); as a volunteer (mining health costs are not restricted to miners or industry but borne by everyone who partakes of mining benefits-all of us); and as a lay preacher (the current global economy concentrates on profit at the expense of the health of miners). Partnership working by academics with communities, government and industry should develop evidence-based solutions. Employment, health, economic stability and environmental protection need not be mutually exclusive. We all need to act.