Agriculture and Dust

Effects of Dust on Agricultural Soil

Dust poses a significant challenge to agriculture, impacting the health of farmers, nearby communities, their animals, crop yields, and the overall environment. Additionally, airborne dust can spread bacteria and viruses that affect crops, animals, and people, increasing risks in agricultural operations.

Below are the primary risks and consequences associated with excessive dust in agricultural areas:
Risks to Human Health

Prolonged exposure to dust can lead to a range of health issues in humans, including:

  • Inflammation
  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia, among others
Impacts on Agriculture and the Environment

Dust not only affects people but also has severe consequences for crops, livestock, and natural resources:

  • Loss of crops and livestock
  • Decreased crop yields
  • Reduced rainfall effectiveness and less protection against pests
  • Contamination of water sources and drainage channels
  • Deterioration of roads, making crop transportation more challenging

Dust control and soil stabilization for agriculture while minimizing water consumption​

To minimize these negative effects and ensure safe, healthy, and productive working conditions, it is essential to implement efficient and sustainable dust control solutions. In our industry, we focus on strategies that also optimize water use, a critical resource in agriculture.

Road Improvements
Dust can degrade roads, causing potholes and cracks that hinder crop transportation. Dust control solutions mitigate this damage, reducing maintenance costs and improving workplace productivity.
Safety and Health
By implementing our solutions, airborne dust particles are significantly reduced, improving the health of farmers and nearby communities. Less dust also enhances visibility and braking distances, contributing to a safer working environment.
Water Retention
Our dust control additive, formulated with environmentally friendly hygroscopic components, helps mitigate water evaporation. It also captures morning mist, extending water availability throughout the day and improving conditions for crops. These solutions not only reduce dust but also promote better soil moisture retention.

Recommended Solutions

ABCDust offers a wide range of environmentally friendly, non-toxic, non-corrosive, and cost-effective dust control solutions for your field. Among our solutions, the following products stand out

DMS-DS 100

DMS DS 100

DMS-DS® 100 is specially designed for soil stabilization and dust control of industrial roads, haul road and well-compacted surfaces, improving its overall strength and road materials agglutination.

  • Reduce dust levels up to 85-95%
  • Improve road braking distance, improving road safety
  • Improve rolling resistance, reducing fuel consumption
  • Non-toxic & non-corrosive product
  • Excellent water and UV resistance
  • Acid and alkaline waters resistance
  • Non-ionic
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EZZIS PRO

EZISS PRO® enhance higher compaction densities and increase soil strength, stability and resistance, together with lower permeability to rain and now. EZISS PRO® provides long-lasting effects, because it modifies the soils water retention in a definitive way, allowing it to minimize the roughness and the wear of the road surface, reducing road building and maintenance cost and reducing dust levels.

  • Improves loading capacity and structure
  • Reduce potholes and deformations, reducing road grading and maintenance frequency
  • Protects the road from rain and snow effects
  • Reduces the need for aggregates, saving up to 35% of road building costs
  • Improve the bases and subbases strength and bearing capacity
  • Reduces aggregate loss and dust
  • Lowers maintenance costs by up to 75%
  • Lower costs and construction times while increasing the road lifecycle
  • Increase passenger comfort, with fewer potholes and roughness
  • Lower accident rate & vehicle maintenance costs
  • Environmentally friendly and sustainable product, non-toxic, neither corrosive nor flammable
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DMS-DS 80

DMS-DS 80® is our low-cost dust suppressor and soil stabilizer with ultra-low levels of chlorides and environmentally friendly. Compatible with all types of soils, standing out with better yields for silty soils with low water retention. ABCDust formulation contains organic polymers derived from agricultural processes with nano polymers that together generate a dust-free, stable and water-resistant path. Our product has a very low dose of chlorides, which is not corrosive, nor increases the salinity of the soil or nearby bodies of water.

  • Low cost per m2
  • PM10-2.5 suppression at 85-90%
  • Water savings from 60% to 90%
  • Highly concentrated, reduce logistics costs
  • Water and UV resistant
  • Compatible with acidic, alkaline and brine waters
  • Nonionic, nontoxic, and non corrosive
  • Reduce road maintenance costs
  • Compatible with extreme cold of -30C
  • It can be applied without water
  • Avoid the formation of ice on the road
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