What is Life Cycle Assessment? Life cycle assessment is a standard method widely used to assess comprehensively the potential environmental impact of products or systems of products. Life cycle assessment (LCA) considers all life-cycle phases from initial construction...

Exposure to airborne respirable dust causes health hazards such as silicosis, black lung disease and lung cancer. Numerous natural and anthropogenic (human-caused) activities can increase dust exposure in Brisbane. In Brisbane and greater South East Queensland,...

Even though it seems extreme to say so, dust control in Adelaide is a matter of life or death given a booming construction sector and its infrastructural development. Construction dust is one of the most significant pollutant that endangers human health worldwide....

Air pollution due to dust emission has serious occupational and community health impacts on residents of Melbourne, even at relatively low levels of exposure. There is a correlation between poor air quality and negative health impacts. Dust exposure in Melbourne...

According to the Commonwealth of Australia (2016), there are around 70 operating underground rock mines active within Australia. The majority of underground mines are located in Western Australia, Queensland and NSW, with only a few spread throughout South Australia,...