Tuesday, July 5, 2011

There is Dust in the Wind

Many of us fail to realize this, but common road dust as well as soil erosion from a farmer’s field can harm our respiratory system and overall physical health. On an unpaved road that has no road dust control process applied, roughly just one mile of travel using a automobile creates one ton of dust in a year. That dust can travel up to five-hundred feet in the air, permeating homes and make being outside less pleasant.

If you are living in a rural area which has a lot of gravel and untreated roads, you might find that you're cleaning your vehicle in frequent intervals and vacuuming the inside for dust control. If you don’t, your overall health may be affected. Some of the particles can carry chemicals utilised in weed control or fertilization from farmers or automotive fluid leakage which can be hazardous for people to ingest. If these contaminants are ingested in the lungs they can trigger some really serious respiratory issues.

An answer would be to speak to a haul road dust control company to see the costs of dust control on individual drives or roads, or to provide a estimate for your local road commission authorities in order to decide on a remedy. The dust companies will be very willing to work with a municipality in solving road dust issues, proposing ongoing treatment in an effort to lessen the health threats to nearby residents. Furthermore, they may suggest that roadways with heavy traffic be given more durable treatment options, like some variety of a “chip and seal” procedure that looks like asphalt after some traffic has packed it down. For lesser traveled roads, a long-lasting treatment solution is applied that inhibits dust from flying up as a vehicle passes through.

No matter what option is chosen, you should realize that choices are there to cure the dust problem. Consulting one of these landfill cap companies is the best way of getting an idea of costs as well as the many solutions and options they provide.

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