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WYVZtPZT2h4/URnyvjqu8vI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/hFivShnv9i8/s1600/A-brick-kiln-inKabul-Afg-007.jpg)For the people of advanced nations the concept of brick kiln

pollution might be uncommon and they may be thinking that how come a brick kiln
causes pollution because it is so state-of-the-art factory of bricks production. You are
right if you are lucky enough hailing from an advanced country. But in less developed
and backward countries it is a killer pollution which not only harms the health of the
workers of a kiln but all those living in its surroundings.

Brick kilns versus other industries

Experts said that manual-based brick kilns create more pollution than a factory of
other types of production. It is because in the process of production of the kilns the
major activity is burning of the coal and other rough stuff like tyres, tubes and plastic
material which emit huge amount of smoke.
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material which emit huge amount of smoke.

Effects of brick kiln pollution

Emissions of several harmful gases like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide
and particulate matter from burning of coals in brick kilns cause serious respiratory
diseases like bronchitis and asthma. Moreover, these pollutants weaken the immune
system of the human beings and hurt their resistance power to ght the various types
of infections.
There is another substance which is called poly-aromatic hydrocarbon that is found in
smoke emitted from factories of brick-making and it causes vomiting, diarrhea, eye
irritation, nausea and disorientation while in the long run it may also cause renal
diseases and even cancer.

Brick kilns in South Asia

In a country like Bangladesh there are 5,000 registered brick kilns and several
thousands other unregistered. These are established unscienti cally and dont ensure
safety and environmental standards and emit smoke far beyond the set standards of
environment quality. In Pakistan and India the number of dangerous smoke-emitting
brick kilns is in thousand and are alarmingly on rise without any improvement in their
emission process.
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They emit more smoke

Brick kilns emit more smoke than any other normal factory
because here burning process takes long time to solidify
the bricks from mud and low quality coal is burnt in this

process which causes more pollution.

How they work in poor countries

In so many poor countries there are no standard operating procedures to establish and
run a brick kiln. In violation of the factory laws most brick kilns are established adjacent
to the residential areas in upcountry. Pakistan is one of its glaring examples where in
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to the residential areas in upcountry. Pakistan is one of its glaring examples where in
rural areas thousands of such factories are working without monitoring of any
environmental watchdog and people are worst hit of them.

No separate rules in poor countries

Strangely enough most brick kilns dont shy to burn all used stuff including tyres, tubes
and other plastic material in manufacturing process of kilns. Owners of such factories
claim that there are no separate environmental standards for them in poor countries.
Therefore they claim to have not been bound to follow the general standards and will
remain free from environmental barriers unless the separate rules for them are
developed. Its nothing but a criminal approach just to avoid the rules for the short term
bene ts at the cost of the long term losses.

Working conditions in kilns

The working conditions of kiln laborers are more than worst. Workers both men and
women of downtrodden communities without any knowledge of their rights and
privileges work in intense heat without any medical facility. If any of them face any
burns no one care about him/her and layoff is the only solution to relieve him/her from
pain. Despite burn injuries, workers keep working without complaining of any problem.
Their wages are also next to nothing and they cant reject petty wages because of their
poverty.
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