Desastres tecnológicos e emergências de saúde pública

O caso do derramamento de óleo no litoral do Brasil

Bibliographic Data

ID5167312
AuthorsEduardo Hage Carmo (0000-0001-6343-9967, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Marli Geralda Teixeira (0000-0003-3318-3408, Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Year2020
Volume36
Issue2
Pagese00234419
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00234419
PMID32022178
OpenAlexW3003775431
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2020000200502
LanguagePT
Citations received6
References cited2

In late August 2019, an oil slick began to wash up on the coast of Northeast Brazil. To date, the slick, later identified as crude oil/petroleum, is assumed to have come from a spill from some tanker ship in transit along the Brazilian coast. The first oil slick was reported in the states of Pernambuco and Paraíba, and as of late November the spill had hit all states of the Northeast, including more than 400 locations, subsequently reaching the Southeast in the states of Espírito Santo and the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro. The disaster thus covers a huge geographic area, with serious environmental harm and an impact on subsistence conditions for countless human communities that depend on fishing and tourism

Agriculture · Archaeology · Environmental protection · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Oil spill · Subsistence agriculture · Tourism · Food Safety and Hygiene · Forestry · Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management