Cement plant emissions and health effects in the general ...

Adverse health effects of cement plant exposure have been found in occupational contexts but are less defined for the general population living near plants. We aimed to summarize the evidence on the health effects of people exposed to ambient air pollution by cement plants. A systematic review using Embase, PubMed and Web of Science was performed. We included only non-occupational studies with a comparison group that focused on adverse health outcomes and biomarkers of internal dose or subclinical effect associated with cement plant exposure. Selection of articles was performed by two authors independently. Of articles identified by the initial search, 24 were included: 17 of them were included in the analysis of adverse health outcomes and 9 in the analysis of biomarkers of internal dose or subclinical effects. The studies were very heterogeneous in study design, measure of cement plant exposure, outcome detection, measure of association and adjustment for confounding. Almost all the studies found positive associations between cement plant exposure and respiratory diseases and symptoms. An excess risk of cancer incidence and mortality in both children and adults mainly concerning respiratory tract cancers was also reported in some studies. Higher values of heavy metals and of a biomarker of renal toxicity were found in the exposed compared to unexposed populations. In conclusion, there is some evidence for a possible role of cement plant exposure on health adverse effects, although many studies had serious or critical risk of bias and overall level of certainty was low.

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Living near a concrete batch plant can be like living near a freeway, there's so much air pollution: the dusty soot that lodges in your lungs, the choking exhaust from the diesel trucks that come and go 24 hours a day.

Who'd want to live with that?

But the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is rushing through their review of the permits they give to most concrete batch plants. Because Houston doesn't have zoning, TCEQ is the only thing protecting us from them. Until their permits get stronger, they shouldn't grant a single one more.

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We have until Tuesday, June 29, to tell them to slow down and take the time to make sure that their permits are equal to the truth of the experiences they have heard time and time again from the people these plants have harmed.

Soot can kill you. Diesel pollution from plants' trucks can thwart the development of children's lungs. Tiny bits of a mineral in the concrete's sand and other raw materials is known to cause cancer and silicosis, an incurable, fatal disease.

No one should have to live with any of this. But too many concrete batch plants have ended up too close to people's homes, schools, parks and places of worship. That's the truth. That has to change. And that's why the permits have to change.

TCEQ must do more to start protecting us from concrete batch plants ' and stop granting permits that aren't good enough. Add your name to our letter below, or your comment in your own words to TCEQ's David Munzenmaier.

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