A Case Study Upon Health Impact of Man Due to Sponge Iron Factory in Angadpur Area Under Burdwan District, West Bengal, India

Abstract

In the present investigation some people were selected those are never smoking within 1 and 2 kilometer radius from the sponge iron factory region of Angadpur industrial area( Durgapur, West Bengal, India). Significant variation were observed on the people in their health condition such as cardio-respiratory system and sputum cytology under heavy loaded air pollution exposure. Most of the people who was surveyed within 1 km. radius were suffering from asthma, bronchitis, cold cough, wet cough, nose allergy etc. Most of the people's sputum cytology shows great variation from control people. Here the maximum number of sputum slide shows carbonaceous and fibrous materials in comparisom to controll. Again alveolar macrophages of many people's sputum sample in polluted area shows brownish colour due to iron deposition. The people of the radius within 2 km region is also suffering from asthma, bronchitis, cold cough, wet cough, nose allergy etc but here effected percentage is lesser than 1 km radius zone of the factory. This region's people also shows brownish type of alveolar macrophages in sputum slides. The 1 and 2 km radius zone exibits high level of air pollution load in comparisom to controll region.