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Mineral Exploitation and Environmental Consequences in Edo State, Nigeria

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  • 1. Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria
  • 2. Department of Building Technology, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria
  • 3. Department of Mineral and Petroleum, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria

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The economic growth of Edo State has greatly benefited from the extraction of solid minerals. Numerous people engage in it as a source of income because it is one of the State's sources of foreign exchange. However, it has been discovered that there are numerous difficulties associated with the extraction and processing of solid minerals as a result of improper mining and exploitative operations utilizing convectional techniques, which have severely damaged the environment and ecology. The air quality (AQ) in the mining region has largely been polluted, and the value of the AQ is beyond the World Health Organization acceptance levels of 10 µg/m³ as the annual mean value and 25 µg/m³ as the 24-hour mean value for particulate matter PM2.5 and 20 µg/m³ and 50 µg/m³ for PM10 respectively. The majority of the illnesses that are reported in these locations, including asthma and breathing difficulties, are caused by the poor air quality. High amounts of particulate matter can also alter overall environmental health by making lakes and streams acidic, changing nutrient balance in coastal waters and large river basins, depleting soil nutrients, damaging forests and crops, contributing to acid rain, and affecting ecosystem diversity. Due to the tiny size of PM's particles, which can enter the body, travel through the airways and lungs, and even reach the circulation, many of its harmful health consequences can be attributed to them. Therefore, it is essential that the government, through the Ministry of Environment, implement a set of environmental protection rules in order to control mining operations and guarantee the employment of modern machinery and experienced labour.

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