Abstract:

The study investigates the impacts of the radioactive environment that has resulted from mining and processing of copper ore on public health. The method of analytical epidemiology was applied to indicate evidence for the correlation between symptoms of radioactive-caused blood diseases with radioactive content and radiation dose units at Sin Quyen mine, Lao Cai. The results show that the radioactive environment may cause health issues for the people living in the mining area such as Muong Do village. Their physical healthy are weak and many people are infected by acute inflammation. The ratio of the people having the respiratory and digestive diseases is 5 times higher than that of people living outside the mine (Village III, Ban Vuoc).