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Annoyance Caused by Air Pollution: A Comparative Study of Two Industrialized Regions

Year: 2015 Volume: 9 Issue: 2 182 - 187 Pages

• Authors:
• Milena M. Melo
• Jane M. Santos
• Severine Frere
• Valderio A. Reisen
• Neyval C. Reis Jr.
• Maria de Fátima S. Leite

Abstract: Although there had been a many studies that shows the impact of air pollution on physical health, comparatively less was known of human behavioral responses and annoyance impacts. Annoyance caused by air pollution is a public health problem because it can be an ambient stressor causing stress and disease and can affect quality of life. The objective of this work is to evaluate the annoyance caused by air pollution in two different industrialized urban areas, Dunkirk (France) and Vitoria (Brazil). The populations of these cities often report feeling annoyed by dust. Surveys were conducted, and the collected data were analyzed using statistical analyses. The results show that sociodemographic variables, importance of air quality, perceived industrial risk, perceived air pollution and occurrence of health problems play important roles in the perceived annoyance. These results show the existence of a common problem in geographically distant areas and allow stakeholders to develop prevention strategies.

• Keywords:
• Air pollution
• annoyance
• industrial risks
• perception of pollution
• public health
• settled dust.

A Combinatorial Approach to Planning Manufacturing Safety Programme

Year: 2013 Volume: 7 Issue: 2 264 - 269 Pages

• Authors:
• Kazeem A. Adebiyi

Abstract: Despite many success stories of manufacturing safety, many organizations are still reluctant, perceiving it as cost increasing and time consuming. The clear contributor may be due to the use of lagging indicators rather than leading indicator measures. The study therefore proposes a combinatorial model for determining the best safety strategy. A combination theory and cost benefit analysis was employed to develop a monetary saving / loss function in terms value of preventions and cost of prevention strategy. Documentations, interviews and structured questionnaire were employed to collect information on Before-And-After safety programme records from a Tobacco company between periods of 1993-2001(for pre-safety) and 2002-2008 (safety period) for the model application. Three combinatorial alternatives A, B, C were obtained resulting into 4, 6 and 4 strategies respectively with PPE and Training being predominant. A total of 728 accidents were recorded for a 9 year period of pre-safety programme and 163 accidents were recorded for 7 years period of safety programme. Six preventions activities (alternative B) yielded the best results. However, all the years of operation experienced except year 2004. The study provides a leading resources for planning successful safety programme

• Keywords:
• Combination
• Manufacturing Safety
• Monetary Savings
• Prevention Strategies.