Padrões de industrialização, riscos e meio ambiente

Abstract

This article deals with industrial risks and its effects on health and environment, in a retrospective

Challenges and Prospects for Integrating the Assessment of Health Impacts in the Licensing Process of Large Capital Project in Brazil

“…4,5 Indeed, exploitation and destruction of natural areas such as “Sete Quedas” on the Iguaçu River, the construction of petrochemical plants in areas of aquifers needed for public water supply, deforestation and the advancement of logging and mining caused contamination of rivers, soils and the atmosphere, and degradation of coastal and interior areas through environmental pollution and population growth. Consequently, the so called “development projects” generated civil society reactions in Brazil and abroad, culminating in the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (law 6.938 of 31 August 1981; “Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente” - NEPA).…”

A questão ambiental como objeto de atuação da vigilância sanitária: uma análise da inserção das enfermeiras nesse campo

“…Assim, a mídia, a serviço do capital, incorpora a dimensão ecológica para instrumentalizar a venda de produtos. "...o mundo empresarial (...) atualizou seus modelos de gestão -incorporando e subordinando o desenvolvimento sustentável à lógica de mercado -, ocupando crescente espaço na mídia e em projetos de preservação ecológica, na tentativa de legitimar-se perante clientes e consumidores" (10) . Mas, ao mesmo tempo, a lógica de mercado utiliza tecnologias de trabalho que degradam o ambiente físico e geram ou aprofundam a exclusão social.…”

Marine Environment and Public Health

“…Environmental contaminants have compromised the quality of water and air, affecting biodiversity in ecosystems, contaminating food and endangering human health. The vast majority of waste produced by anthropogenic activities inevitably reaches the oceans and is widely dispersed and may even reach free regions of the release of pollutants, such as the Antarctic region [3,5,12,66,67].…”

“…The microbiological activity in coastal environment can result in direct impact in human health, but can trigger the biodiversity loss, degradation of ecosystem function and impact in recreation, tourism and human wellbeing [1,2,6,11,12]. Marine pollution, such as nutrients input, runoffs, and regional and international navigation by ships can load new pathogens to the environment, and the climate change may exacerbate their effects and establishment in an area.…”