Blacksmith factories and workshops in the Al-Jihad neighborhood, southwest of Baghdad, and their impact on pollution

Abstract

 The blacksmith factories and workshops in the study area have a major impact on the environment in terms of pollution. Blacksmith factories and workshops are considered industrial crafts with a negative impact on the environment within residential neighborhoods. The climate has a major role on the blacksmith factories and workshops, and the elements that most influence iron are rain and humidity. Relativity, and the blacksmith factories and workshops have several components that helped their presence in the study area. The most important of these human components are the workforce, the market, the raw materials, and means of transportation, energy and fuel sources. The blacksmith factories and workshops have resulted in several environmental problems, namely air pollution and soil pollution, sight pollution, noise pollution, these problems must be addressed and the most appropriate and optimal place for this craft must be chosen, away from residential neighborhoods, and the environmental aspect must be taken into account in order to preserve the environment and reduce the amount of pollution