Relations between health and the environment: potential impacts resulting from the disruption of tailings dams – a literature review in the cases of Mariana and Brumadinho, MG
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v59i0.74469Keywords:
human health, natural ecosystems, Mariana, Brumadinho, mining wasteAbstract
Mining can result in adverse impacts on natural ecosystems and human health. Considering the serious disruptions that occurred recently in Brazil (Mariana and Brumadinho municipalities, in the State of Minas Gerais), and the relationship between health and the environment, the present study aimed to identify, by a bibliographic review, the impacts induced by mining waste on human health and ecosystems. Environmental impacts affected the ecosystem's natural metabolism and functioning due to the environmental compartments’ contamination and the damage to biodiversity. Concerning human health, the risks of intoxication, damage to mental health, worsening of existing diseases, arboviruses, and zoonoses were evident. The findings can contribute to the establishment of strategies and public policy formulations to reverse the found scenario.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright on works published in this journal rests with the author, with first publication rights for the journal. The content of published works is the sole responsibility of the authors. DMA is an open access journal and has adopted the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Not Adapted (CC-BY) license since January 2023. Therefore, when published by this journal, articles are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercial) and adapt (remix, transform, and create from the material for any purpose, even commercial). You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license and indicate if changes have been made.
The contents published by DMA from v. 53, 2020 to v. 60, 2022 are protected by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.
DMA has been an open access journal since its creation, however, from v.1 of 2000 to v. 52 of 2019, the journal did not adopt a Creative Commons license and therefore the type of license is not indicated on the first page of the articles.
