HEALTH IMPACT OF PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS

This paper refers to the industrial ecosociology, i.e. the interactions among three systems: natural-ecological (particulate pollution), technological (particulate pollutant generation in a steel plant) and social (health status under the adverse impact of the particulate pollutants). The impact of particulate matters is analysed based on the concentration cp [mu g/m3] and the exposure time of the receiver, de [days]. The following aspects are dealt with: the need of engineers to know some metallurgical ecosociology targets; the correlations between the particulate matter properties and health status (diseases and ecostress); the graphical processing and interpretation of industrial measurements. As a general conclusion, we show the importance of gas cleaning techniques in reducing the adverse impact of the particulate pollutants.