scholarly journals Avoidable environmental disasters and infant health: Evidence from a mining dam collapse in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1786-1794
Author(s):  
Bladimir Carrillo ◽  
Daniel Da Mata ◽  
Lucas Emanuel ◽  
Daniel Lopes ◽  
Breno Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Infant Health ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Mining Dam

scholarly journals Mining Waste Challenges: Environmental Risks of Gigatons of Mud, Dust and Sediment in Megadiverse Regions in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8466
Author(s):  
Flávio F. Carmo ◽  
Andressa O. Lanchotti ◽  
Luciana H.Y. Kamino
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Mining Waste ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Mining Wastes ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Mining Dam

The management of long-lived mining wastes is a complex environmental challenge, but the subject is little discussed among the public, scientific community, and policymakers. The negative environmental impacts caused by mining wastes are severe and cause damage to human health and the loss and degradation of natural ecosystems. With the objective of stimulating discussion to advance the development of measures to contain threats to biodiversity and to mitigate negative impacts, we present an overview of total volumes of mining waste disposal in tailings dams and dump piles, discriminating them by ore type and biome. We highlight the major environmental risks and challenges associated with tropical forests, savannas, and freshwater ecosystems and possible limitations and advances in public policies and governance. The scale of this challenge is global, as some data show, for example, Brazil generated 3.6 billion tons of solid mining waste in dump piles in the period between 2008 and 2019. The volume is equivalent to 62% of the global mass of nonfuel minerals removed from the planet’s crust in 2006. Numerous socio-environmental disasters are caused by catastrophic mining dam failures, and over the last 34 years, an average of one failure has occurred every three years in Brazil.

Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery and Human Responses

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger del Moral ◽  
Lawrence R. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Natural Recovery ◽  
Environmental Disasters

Maternal Fulfillment and Infant Health in Mexican American Families: Moderation by Enculturation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rika Tanaka ◽  
Danielle Roubinov ◽  
Linda J. Luecken ◽  
Keith Crnic ◽  
Nancy Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Mexican American Families ◽  
American Families

Infant Health

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infant Health

Infant health-related Quality of life Instrument

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan Jabrayilov ◽  
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Antoinette D. I. van Asselt ◽  
Karin M. Vermeulen ◽  
Sheri Volger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related
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