ArticleJournal of health & pollution2016
Urinary Metal Levels in a Chilean Community 31 Years After the Dumping of Mine Tailings.
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- Assessing environmental health aspects of environmental justice in communities living in industrially contaminated areas: An international network to share approaches and experiences.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Occupational, environmental, and toxicological health risks of mining metals for lithium-ion batteries: a narrative review of the Pubmed database.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Review
- A Call for Biomonitoring Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Considerations for Potentially Toxic Metals/Metalloids.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Geochemical stability of potentially toxic elements in porphyry copper-mine tailings from Chile as linked to ecological and human health risks assessment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Environmental Health Risk Perception: Adaptation of a Population-Based Questionnaire from Latin America.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Positive Relationship between Exposure to Heavy Metals and Development of Chronic Diseases: A Case Study from Chile.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An integrated study of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators in a mining-impacted community exposed to metal enrichment.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundBetween 1938 and 1975, the city of Chañaral, located in the north of Chile, received 200 megatons of unregulated mining waste, which created an artificial beach 10 kilometers long and covering an area larger than 4 km
objectiveTo determine the prevalence of exposure to metals by dust from mine tailings in Chañaral, a city located in the northern mining area of Chile.
methodsThe level of urinary metals in a representative sample of adults from Chanaral was determined.
resultsUrinary levels of total arsenic (44.6 μg/L), inorganic arsenic (17.0 μg/L) and nickel (2.8 μg/L) were higher than in other areas of Chile. Levels of copper (17.9 μg/L), mercury (1.6 μg/L) and lead (0.9 μg/L) exceeded international values. Of the total subjects, 67.5%, 30.4%, 29.4%, 16.9%, 13.2 and 9.3% presented with high levels of copper, nickel, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, mercury and lead, respectively.
conclusionThirty-one years after suspension of the discharge of mining waste, the local population in this area remains exposed to metals from the mine tailings. Surveillance and remedial actions addressing the Chañaral mine tailings are needed.
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