Choropampa case: mercury spilland damage to health in rural exppsed population

Authors

  • Marco Arana-Zegarra Teólogo. Máster en Sociología. Diplomado en Agua y Saneamiento. Diplomado en Gerencia Social. Miembro del Consejo Directivo de la Red Muqui y ex Director de la ONG Grupo de formación e Intervención para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Cajamarca, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2009.261.1342

Keywords:

Environmental pollution, Mercurio poisoning, Mining, Disasters, Peru

Abstract

In 2000, a spill of metallic mercury is evaporated into the atmosphere, and it affected the health of over a thousand peasants, who, eight years later, still are suffering the consequences on their health. Modern mining does not guarantee an adequate management, control and mitigation of environmental impacts and public authority does not grant the right to health of populations in environments which miners from the point of view of the right to environmental health should be sites considered hazardous to health.

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Published

2009-03-31

Issue

Section

Symposium

How to Cite

1.
Arana-Zegarra M. Choropampa case: mercury spilland damage to health in rural exppsed population. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];26(1). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1342