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<p>Residents and construction workers are exposed to such kind of toxic materials such as cement, paint, tiles, sand, bricks and etc., which may severely affect their health. The overall aim of this study is to assess the toxicity of these building materials in the case of Arjundhara municipality of Jhapa district (Province 1), Nepal. The toxicity assessment is done for the materials based on available material safety data sheet of A Class materials by performing ABC analysis. Health effects on construction workers and on residents are listed as per literature reviews. Likert 6 point scale is used to rate the health effects and it is analyzed through Relative Importance Index (RII). The construction workers have identified skin corrosion and irritation as the mostly occurring health hazard with a RII of 0.92. Asthma and then carcinogenicity are the least occurring health effects to the respondents with a RII score of both 0.32 each. For project 1, the most frequently occurring health effect is fatigue/dizziness with RII score of 0.76 and the least occurring is carcinogenicity with RII 0.29. For the second project which comprises of school children, headache is classified as the most frequently occurring health hazard with RII score of 0.63 and respiratory tract irritation least with RII 0.23. Similarly for project 3, residents have given highest score for fatigue/dizziness with RII 0.83 and least occurring as respiratory tract irritation 0.31.</p>

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Toxicological analysis of building materials to determine the effects of sick building syndrome on occupants and construction workers

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    2025年2月24日

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  • A. K. Mishra,
  • J. S. Sudarsan,
  • S. Nithiyanantham

摘要

Residents and construction workers are exposed to such kind of toxic materials such as cement, paint, tiles, sand, bricks and etc., which may severely affect their health. The overall aim of this study is to assess the toxicity of these building materials in the case of Arjundhara municipality of Jhapa district (Province 1), Nepal. The toxicity assessment is done for the materials based on available material safety data sheet of A Class materials by performing ABC analysis. Health effects on construction workers and on residents are listed as per literature reviews. Likert 6 point scale is used to rate the health effects and it is analyzed through Relative Importance Index (RII). The construction workers have identified skin corrosion and irritation as the mostly occurring health hazard with a RII of 0.92. Asthma and then carcinogenicity are the least occurring health effects to the respondents with a RII score of both 0.32 each. For project 1, the most frequently occurring health effect is fatigue/dizziness with RII score of 0.76 and the least occurring is carcinogenicity with RII 0.29. For the second project which comprises of school children, headache is classified as the most frequently occurring health hazard with RII score of 0.63 and respiratory tract irritation least with RII 0.23. Similarly for project 3, residents have given highest score for fatigue/dizziness with RII 0.83 and least occurring as respiratory tract irritation 0.31.