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Evaluating awareness and practices pertaining to radioactive waste management among scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

With nuclear technology rapidly taking the spotlight in the last 50 years, radiation accidents seem to be a harsh reality of the modern world. The Mayapuri Radiation accident of 2010 was the worst radiation accident India has yet dealt with. Two years thereafter, we designed a study to assess the awareness and practices regarding radioactive waste among scrap dealers aiming to assess deficiencies in radiation disaster preparedness.

Methodology

A community based cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of 209 volunteers (from 108 scrap dealerships) including 108 shop-owners and 101 workers segregated as Group A consisting of 54 dealerships in Mayapuri and Group B of 54 dealerships from the rest of the city. Subjects were then interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire.

Results

Awareness about radioactive waste varied significantly with level of education (p?=?0.024), Kuppuswamy's socio-economic scale (p?=?0.005), age of the scrap dealer (p?=?0.049) and his work experience (p?=?0.045). The larger dealerships in Mayapuri were more aware about radioactive waste (p?=?0.0004), the accident in 2010 (p?=?0.0002), the symbol for radiation hazard (p?=?0.016), as well as the emergency guidelines and the agencies to contact in the event of a radiation accident.

Conclusions

Our findings seem to signify that while governmental and non-governmental agencies were successful in implementing prompt disaster response and awareness programs, the community continues to be inadequately prepared. These go on to suggest that though concerted awareness and training programs do benefit the affected community, economic and social development is the key to disaster prevention and mitigation.

SUBMITTER: Makkar N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3951456 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluating awareness and practices pertaining to radioactive waste management among scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

Makkar Nayani N Chandra Tany T Agrawal Prachi P Bansal Harshit H Singh Simranjeet S Anand Tanu T Gupta Mannan Kumar MK Kumar Rajesh R

PloS one 20140312 3

<h4>Objectives</h4>With nuclear technology rapidly taking the spotlight in the last 50 years, radiation accidents seem to be a harsh reality of the modern world. The Mayapuri Radiation accident of 2010 was the worst radiation accident India has yet dealt with. Two years thereafter, we designed a study to assess the awareness and practices regarding radioactive waste among scrap dealers aiming to assess deficiencies in radiation disaster preparedness.<h4>Methodology</h4>A community based cross-se ...[more]

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Evaluating awareness and practices pertaining to radioactive waste management among scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

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Evaluating awareness and practices pertaining to radioactive waste management among scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

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