Ambient nanoparticles/nanominerals and hazardous elements from coal combustion activity: Implications on energy challenges and health hazards

Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world. Because of the growth of coal mining, coal-fired power plants and coal-burning industries, the increase of the emission of particulates (coarse, fine or ultrafine) is of great concern. There is a relationship between increasing human morbidity and...

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Main Authors: Binoy K. Saikia, Jyotilima Saikia, Shahadev Rabha, Luis F.O. Silva, Robert Finkelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117302086