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Due to the
Health effects of coal ash , Would this essentially spread that issue from just the Power Plant / Disposal Site to anyone dealing with concrete use / demolition?
You're probably right. Through degradation or demolition, this material would probably release the coal ash that is bound in the matrix. This is becoming a more-considered problem in materials science, as part of
cradle-to-grave analysis.
As noted above, that issue would most likely exist in demolition, but also in its dry, unmixed form. The exact level of health risk isn't determined, but it would probably be lesser than the risk at the power plant/disposal site, considering its mixed with other things, and the release by demolition would be less-concentrated than release at a coal plant.
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Due to the
Health effects of coal ash , Would this essentially spread that issue from just the Power Plant / Disposal Site to anyone dealing with concrete use / demolition?
You're probably right. Through degradation or demolition, this material would probably release the coal ash that is bound in the matrix. This is becoming a more-considered problem in materials science, as part of
cradle-to-grave analysis.
As noted above, that issue would most likely exist in demolition, but also in its dry, unmixed form. The exact level of health risk isn't determined, but it would probably be lesser than the risk at the power plant/disposal site, considering its mixed with other things, and the release by demolition would be less-concentrated than release at a coal plant.