TY  - JOUR
TT  - THOUGHTS ON THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF NATURAL GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
AU  - Yalçın, Hüseyin
AU  - Tetiker, Sema
PY  - 2017
DA  - February
JF  - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety
JO  - turjoem
PB  - Engin TUTKUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-4711
SP  - 137
EP  - 137
VL  - Volume 2
IS  - İssue 1 (1)
KW  - THOUGHTS ON THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF NATURAL GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
N2  - The sources assolid (rock, mineral), liquid (water, oil) and gaseous formed in the Earth areknown as natural substances. Human beings are interaction with the Earth'slayers (geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere) where they live inevery day. This relationship is carried out by entering of the element andmineral resources to the body by way of eating, drinking, breathing and dermalabsorption. Most of these sources are useful for the essential foods for humanlife, while some are harmful. In other words, many of these materials taken intothe body in excessive amounts by inhalation, digestion and skin are harmful,even these may be toxic and/or deadly effects. These affects lead tocarcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic changes by causing the disorders ofdigestive, respiratory, urinary, circulatory and nervous systems. Natural(volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, wind erosion in arid environments and marine/ trans-oceanic transports) anthropogenic (mining and industrial activities)and cosmogenic dusts and aerosols spread into the atmosphere may cause toxiceffects. Harmful solid (ash), liquid and gases (N-, C- and S-oxides,hydrocarbons, HF2, HCl, H2S) to health emerge by volcanic eruptions in naturalprocesses. Some minerals such as chrysotile and/or amphibole (asbestosis),erionite (erionitosis), silica (silicosis), coal (black lung), native Fe andFe-oxides (siderosis), talc (talkosis) and fluorite (fluorosis) duringanthropogenic activities threaten the environmental health. Metals (Al, Cr, Fe,Co, Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, Pt, Au, Hg, Pb, Bi), metalloid (As), non-metallic (SA),alkali (Li), alkaline-earth (Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra), halogen (F, I) andradioactive elements / radionuclides (Th, U, K, Ra, Rn) related to the mineralcompositions cause endemic diseases. As a consequence; human is in continuousinteraction with natural materials with organic and inorganic origin in theliving area. The main external causes of diseases are natural and artificialhazardous in habitats (soil, air, water) and also occupational exposures aswell as pathogens increase dramatically in recent years. Therefore, the closerelationship between geological processes and materials should care to maintainphysical, mental, social, cultural and economic health of the society in thefuture.
CR  - Hüseyin YALÇIN, Sema TETİKER
CR  - Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, SİVAS
Batman University, Faculty of Engineering-Architecture, Department of Geological Engineering, BATMAN
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//305909
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/293577
ER  -