Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1031
Title: Assessing Energy-Based CO2 Emission and Workers’ Health Risks at the Shipbreaking Industries in Bangladesh
Authors: Nandita Mitra 
Shihab Ahmad Shahriar 
Nurunnaher Lovely 
Md Shohel Khan 
Aweng Eh Rak 
S. P. Kar 
Md Abdul Khaleque 
Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin 
Imrul Kayes 
Mohammed Abdus Salam 
Keywords: shipbreaking;CO2 emission;GWR; workers’ condition;environmental pollution
Issue Date: 30-Apr-2020
Publisher: MDPI AG
Journal: Environments 
Abstract: 
The study represents the estimation of energy-based CO2 emission and the health risks of workers involved in the shipbreaking industries in Sitakunda, Bangladesh. To calculate the carbon emission (CE) from three shipbreaking activities, i.e., metal gas cutting (GC), diesel fuel (FU) and electricity consumption (EC), we used the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Emission and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) emission factors. Moreover, the geographic weighted regression (GWR) model was applied to assess the contribution of influencing factors of CE throughout the sampling points. To assess the workers’ health condition and their perceptions on environmental degradation, a semi-structured questionnaire survey among 118 respondents were performed. The results showed that total CO2 emissions from GC were 0.12 megatons (MT), 11.43 MT, and 41.39 MT for daily, monthly, and yearly respectively, and the values were significantly higher than the surrounding control area. Emissions from the FU were estimated as daily: 0.85 MT, monthly: 1.92 MT, and yearly: 17.91 MT, which were significantly higher than EC. The study also revealed that workers were very susceptible to accidental hazards especially death (91%), and pollution (79%). Environmental consequences and health risks of the workers in shipbreaking industry warrant more attention nationally and internationally at the industry-level.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1031
ISSN: 2076-3298
DOI: 10.3390/environments7050035
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Earth Science - Other Publication

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