Title
Oil extraction in the Amazon basin and exposure to metals in indigenous populations
Date Issued
01 April 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
O'Callaghan-Gordo C.
Okamoto T.
Papoulias D.M.
Barclay F.
Orta-Martínez M.
Kogevinas M.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
Most oil extraction areas in the Peruvian Amazon are within indigenous territories. Poor environmental practices have exposed the indigenous population to metals. We conducted a survey in two indigenous Kukama communities to assess body burdens of metals after the occurrence of two major oil spills in 2014. Urine levels above those recommended by the Peruvian Ministry of Health were observed in 50% and 17% of the study population for mercury and cadmium, respectively.
Start page
226
End page
230
Volume
162
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042925076
PubMed ID
Source
Environmental Research
ISSN of the container
00139351
Source funding
Ministeriet Sundhed Forebyggelse
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Ministry of Health, Peru (MINSA)
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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