ImpactofIndustrialPollutionontheImmediateNeighbourhood(ACaseStudyofDangoteCementIbeseinYewaNorthLocalGovt.OgunState.)
Journal Title: International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 9
Abstract
ThemainaimofthispaperistoexaminetheimpactofDangotecementindustrylocatedat IbeseOgunstateintheimmediateneighborhood.Thestudyadoptsstructuredquestionnairesand personalinterviewthatfocusonthesocio-economicactivities,pollution,andhealthofthepeople. Pollutionhasledtounproductiveagriculturalland,contaminationofundergroundwaterresultedto scarcitywithinthesettlement,frequentsicknessfrom diarrhea/typhoid, eyeproblem andregular crashesoftruckswhichclaim lifeanddestructionoftheexistingroadsandnoisepollutionfrom the horn ofthetruckswithin thesettlementcausedistraction fearin dayand night.Thestudy recommendsthereshouldbeanalternativeroadfrom thefactorytoLagos-Abeokutaexpressway andDangotecementshouldcarryoutitscorporatesocialresponsibilitye.g.supplyofcleanpotable water,gradingoftownshiproadtoreduceerosion,constructionofschool,hospitalandprovide necessarymeasuresforpollutioncontrolwithinthefactory.
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OJO,Oladimeji Olusola, OGUNTIMEHIN,Abiodun Sunday
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