Monitoring SO2emission trends and residents’ perceived health risks from PGM smelting at Selous Metallurgical Complex in Zimbabwe

Abstract Background Persistently high sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from platinum group metal (PGM) smelting pose a major threat to communities located around smelters. This paper examined SO2 emission trends, emission regulations and residents’ perceived health risks from exposures to such emissi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patrick Gwimbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
EIA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0696-6