Socio-Environmental and Hematological Profile of Landfill Residents (São Jorge Landfill–Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Abstract

We are experiencing an unprecedented urbanization process that, alongside physical, social and economic developments, has been having a significant impact on a population’s health. Due to the increase in pollution, violence and poverty, our modern cities no longer ensure a good quality of life so they become unhealthy environments. This study aims to assess the effect of social, environmental and economic factors on the hematologic profile of residents of Santo André’s landfill. In particular, we will assess the effect of social, economic, and environmental factors on current and potential disease markers obtained from hematological tests. The research method is the observational type, from a retrospective cohort, and by convenience sampling in Santo André in the Greater ABC (municipalities of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, southeast part of the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil). The study determined a socio-environmental profile and the hematologic diseases screening related to a close location to the landfill. The disease manifests itself within a broad spectrum of symptoms that causes changes in blood count parameters. The objective of this work is to show that there is an association between social, environmental and economic factors and a variety of serious disease outcomes that may be detected from blood screening. A causal study of the effect of living near the landfill on these disease outcomes would be a very expensive and time-consuming study. This work we believe is sufficient for public health officials to consider policy and attempt remediation of the effects of living near a landfill.

Criterios De Selección Para Un Sitio De Disposición Final De Residuos Sólidos No Peligrosos. Revisión De Normas Ambientales Latinoamericanas Y Su Contraste Con La Norma Ecuatoriana

“…1), se observa que de los criterios dentro de esta categoría, el 69 % se contemplan en máximo dos países, y tan sólo el 31 % restante, constituido por cuatro criterios básicos, son contemplados en más países. De estos cuatro criterios, el primero, referenciado en el 86 % de las normas, corresponde a la evaluación de las distancias a zonas urbanas y de expansión, por los riesgos que implica en la salud pública (Ogunrinola y Adepegba 2012, Palmeira-Wanderley et al 2017. El segundo, considerado en el 64 % de las normas corresponde a la distancia a aeropuertos por el peligro que puede representar para un avión, ya sea por una explosión (Abd-El Monsef y Smith 2019) u obstáculos aéreos que pongan en riesgo los procesos de vuelo (Dar et al 2019).…”