An integrated study of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators in a mining-impacted community exposed to metal enrichment

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dc.contributor.authorMoya, Pablo M.
dc.contributor.authorArce, Guillermo J.
dc.contributor.authorLeiva Cisternas, Cinthya Aracely
dc.contributor.authorVega, Alejandro S.
dc.contributor.authorGutierrez Muñoz, Santiago Yvan
dc.contributor.authorAdaros, Héctor
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Luis
dc.contributor.authorPastén González, Pablo Arturo
dc.contributor.authorCortés Arancibia, Sandra
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T20:06:11Z
dc.date.available2024-01-16T20:06:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe occurrence of toxic metals and metalloids associated with mine tailings is a serious public health concern for communities living in mining areas. This work explores the relationship between metal occurrence (e.g., spatial distribution in street dusts), human health indicators (e.g., metals in urine samples, lifestyle and self-reported diseases) and socioeconomic status (SES) using Chanaral city (in northern Chile) as study site, where a copper mine tailing was disposed in the periurban area. This study model may shed light on the development of environmental and health surveillance plans on arid cities where legacy mining is a sustainability challenge. High concentrations of metals were found in street dust, with arsenic and copper concentrations of 24 +/- 13 and 607 +/- 911 mg/kg, respectively. The arsenic concentration in street dust correlated with distance to the mine tailing (r = - 0.32, p-value = 0.009), suggesting that arsenic is dispersed from this source toward the city. Despite these high environmental concentrations, urinary levels of metals were low, while 90% of the population had concentrations of inorganic arsenic and its metabolites in urine below 33.2 mu g/L, copper was detected in few urine samples (< 6%). Our results detected statistically significant differences in environmental exposures across SES, but, surprisingly, there was no significant correlation between urinary levels of metals and SES. Despite this, future assessment and control strategies in follow-up research or surveillance programs should consider environmental and urinary concentrations and SES as indicators of environmental exposure to metals in mining communities.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-01-16
dc.fuente.origenORCID-ene24
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10653-019-00308-4
dc.identifier.eissn1573-2983
dc.identifier.issn0269-4042
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/80504
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000496589200009
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Leiva Cisternas, Cinthya Aracely; S/I; 206679
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Gutierrez Muñoz, Santiago Yvan; S/I; 251691
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Pastén González, Pablo Arturo; 0000-0002-9961-9342; 87432
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Cortés Arancibia, Sandra ; 0000-0003-3293-1419; 1005970
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final2519
dc.pagina.inicio2505
dc.revistaEnvironmental Geochemistry and Health
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleAn integrated study of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators in a mining-impacted community exposed to metal enrichment
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen41
sipa.codpersvinculados206679
sipa.codpersvinculados251691
sipa.codpersvinculados87432
sipa.codpersvinculados1005970
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-01-15
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