For particulate emissions, crystalline silica, risk assessment, and dust controls.
- Risk Characterization of Airborne Particulate Exposure in the Silica Sand Mining Industry (2025) — [Open Access] Exposure pathways, particulate levels, and dust-control implications.
- Review of Previously Published Ambient Air Respirable Crystalline Silica Concentration Data (Richards & Brozell, 2025) — [Open Access] Community-scale RCS monitoring summary; Caution: Possible conflict of interest.
- Particulates from mining operations: A review of sources, effects and regulations (2005) — [Paid Access Only] Broad review of dust generation, impacts, regulation, and mitigation.
- Crystalline Silica Primer (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1992) — [Open Access] Foundational reference on silica forms, occurrence, uses, and health concerns.
- The Carcinogenic Silica Dust Health Risks at Freeth Farm (Alberry, 2019) — [Open Access] Site-scale health risk framing for PM10 silica near residences.
- EPA AP-42 Chapter 11.19.1 Sand and Gravel Processes — [Open Access] Primary technical source on emissions points in sand and gravel processing.
- Background Document for Revisions to Fine Fraction Ratios Used for EPA AP-42 Fugitive Dust Emission Factors (2006) — [Open Access] Useful for PM2.5/PM10 technical interpretation.
- EPA Fugitive Dust, Section 13.2 — [Open Access] General regulatory and technical overview of fugitive dust sources.