Effect of Construction and Flour Mill Air Pollution in Rural Area

BACKGROUND: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a seventh leading cause of death and disability in the worldwide. For better living we need civilization, under these unignorable inherent maladies particles affecting the people. India like traditional and developing countries is requiring two of the major works flourmill and constructions. Now we are searching how much this work affecting the works. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was undertaken for a period of 12 months with 15 clinically normal and 80 COPD subjects at the Govt.General Hospital, Kurnool and from small villages in and around of Kurnool, various flourmills and labourers for construction work, were divided into 6 groups based on the work and experience and target on the respiratory parameters. RESULT: Flourmill and construction works respiratory parameters are compared with the normal subjects. The levels FVC (0.01, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00) and FEV1 (0.22, 0.02, 0.00, 0.14, 0.06) which are more dependent on the volumes and capacities are reduced. The values of PEF (0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00) and PIF (0.51, 0.14, 0.09, 0.00, 0.00), which are more dependent upon the airways are very much reduced, because the effects of the pollutants are more on bronchial tree. Conclusion: pulmonary function tests like FVC, FEV1, PEF, and PIF have been conducted on flourmill workers and construction workers for the levels are vary period of exposure. The results suggest that COPD is common in these workers and the changes are more related to the period of exposure. These respiratory disorders are preventable if proper precautions are taken either by decreasing the concentration of pollutants or by rehabilitation of patients since the disorders are more related to the period of exposure.