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Influence of mercury from fly ash on cattle reared nearby thermal power plant

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Title Influence of mercury from fly ash on cattle reared nearby thermal power plant
 
Creator Mahajan, Vikas Eknath
Yadav, Raju Ravindra
Dakshinkar, Narayan Purushottam
Dhoot, Vinod Madanlal
Bhojane, Gautam Ramkrishna
Naik, Madhura Kiran
Shrivastava, Preeti
Naoghare, Pravin Krishnarao
Krishnamurthi, Kannan
 
Subject Environmental Health
 
Description Cattle grazing nearby coal-fired power stations are exposed to fly ash. The present investigation aims to assess the environmental and health impacts of fly ash containing mercury emitted from thermal power plant. The health effect of fly ash were studied using 20 lactating cattle reared within a 5-km radius of s thermal power plant for the possible effect of fly ash such as the alterations in hematological and biochemical parameters of blood, milk, and urine. Results indicated that the hemoglobin levels (6.65 ± 0.40 g/dl) were significantly reduced in all the exposed animals. Biochemical parameters viz., blood urea nitrogen (27.35 ± 1.19 mg/dl), serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (43.39 ± 3.08 IU/l), albumin, and creatinine were found to be increased, whereas serum glutamate pyruvic transaminase (29.26 ± 2.02) and Ca2+ were observed to be statistically insignificant in exposed animals. Mercury concentrations estimated in the blood, milk, and urine of exposed (n = 20) and control (n = 20) animals were 7.41 ± 0.86, 4.75 ± 0.57, 2.08 ± 0.18, and 1.05 ± 0.07, 0.54 ± 0.03, 0.20 ± 0.02 μg/kg, respectively. The significant increase (P 
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2012-12
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/921/1/Influence%20of%20mercury%20from%20fly%20ash%20on%20cattle%20reared%20nearby%20thermal%20power%20plant.pdf
Mahajan, Vikas Eknath and Yadav, Raju Ravindra and Dakshinkar, Narayan Purushottam and Dhoot, Vinod Madanlal and Bhojane, Gautam Ramkrishna and Naik, Madhura Kiran and Shrivastava, Preeti and Naoghare, Pravin Krishnarao and Krishnamurthi, Kannan (2012) Influence of mercury from fly ash on cattle reared nearby thermal power plant. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 184 (12). pp. 7365-7372. ISSN 0167-6369, ESSN: 1573-2959
 
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