| Hydrogen fluoride damage to vegetation from peri-urban brick kilns in Asia: A growing but unrecognised problem? | |
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PMID: 22243880 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The rapid urbanisation of many cities in south and south-east Asia has increased the demand for bricks, which are typically supplied from brick kilns in peri-urban areas. We report visible foliar damage to mango, apricot and plum trees in the vicinity of traditional Bull's Trench brick kilns in Peshawar, Pakistan. Visible injury symptoms, hydrogen fluoride concentrations in air, and foliar fluoride concentrations were all greater in the vicinity of brick kilns than at more distant sites, indicating that fluoride emissions from brick kilns were the main cause of damage. Interviews with local farmers established the significant impact of this damage on their livelihoods. Since poorly regulated brick kilns are often found close to important peri-urban agricultural areas, we suggest that this may be a growing but unrecognised environmental problem in regions of Asia where emission control in brick kilns has not been improved. |
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Muhammad Nauman Ahmad; Leon J L van den Berg; Hamid Ullah Shah; Tariq Masood; Patrick Büker; Lisa Emberson; Mike Ashmore |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-12-20 |
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Title: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) Volume: 162 ISSN: 1873-6424 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Pollut. Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-01-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804476 Medline TA: Environ Pollut Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 319-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Environment Department, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK; Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Khyber Pukhtun Khwah Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan. |
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