The Effect of Salt on The Health of Workers
Abstract
Several international and national studies, as well as field investigations, have suggested that prolonged exposure to salt fields has numerous negative health effects. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess work-related health problems among salt workers in Rajasthan, which revealed that the prevalence of ophthalmic symptoms was 60.7%, the prevalence of dermatological symptoms was 43.8%, and 52.1% of salt workers experienced headache, giddiness, breathlessness, and muscular and joint pains. The same study also found that traumatic ulcers, dermatitis, muscular and joint pains, headaches, and giddiness were other more common symptoms observed among the salt workers.
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