Mining for coal and its utilization have various impacts on the surrounding environment. Huge volumes of waste materials which are by-products of both the underground and open cast coal mining, pose one of the major environmental hazards in addition to air pollution caused by coal burning in power plants in the Czech Republic. Some of these risks could be reduced when having accurate and comprehensive data on coal quality. Statistical data processing of almost 35,000 coal samples from Late Paleozoic and Tertiary coal basins of the Czech Republic provided a unique information on the quality of lignite, sub-bituminous and bituminous coals and anthracites including the content of toxic trace elements (As, Be, Hg, Pb and Se). In this context related environment and health risks and protection implications are discussed.
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- arsen škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- beryllium škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- ekologie statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- finanční podpora výzkumu jako téma MeSH
- fosilní paliva statistika a číselné údaje škodlivé účinky MeSH
- látky znečišťující vzduch klasifikace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- olovo škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- rtuť škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- selen škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- uhlí klasifikace škodlivé účinky toxicita MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
