Choropampa case: mercury spilland damage to health in rural exppsed population
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2009.261.1342Keywords:
Environmental pollution, Mercurio poisoning, Mining, Disasters, PeruAbstract
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.Downloads
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2009-03-31
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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. 8];26(1). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1342