Oil Spill in Brazil—Analysis of Vulnerabilities and Socio-Environmental Conflicts

The 2019 oil spill was considered the largest environmental disaster in the Brazilian Northeastern coast. It was associated with mostly ineffective government actions, thus intensifying historical vulnerabilities faced by local populations. We aimed to analyze the environmental conflicts and injusti...

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Published in:BioChem 2022-12, Vol.2 (4), p.260-268
Main Authors: Santos, Mariana Olívia Santana dos, Nepomuceno, Mariana Maciel, Gonçalves, José Erivaldo, Medeiros, Ana Catarina Leite Véras, Machado, Rafaella Miranda, Santos, Caroline Pontes da Silva, Alves, Maria José Cremilda Ferreira, Gurgel, Aline do Monte, Gurgel, Idê Gomes Dantas
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Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
chemical contamination
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Crude oil
disaster vulnerability
Disasters
Environmental economics
environmental impacts
Environmental justice
Fishing
health and environment
Medical research
oil spill
Oil spills
Pandemics
Quality of life
social and environmental conflicts
Sustainable development
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Summary:The 2019 oil spill was considered the largest environmental disaster in the Brazilian Northeastern coast. It was associated with mostly ineffective government actions, thus intensifying historical vulnerabilities faced by local populations. We aimed to analyze the environmental conflicts and injustices and the socio-environmental, economic, and health vulnerabilities arising from the oil spill, considering the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting artisanal fishing communities of the Northeastern coast. A document-based, qualitative, cross-sectional research was carried out between September 2019 and October 2022, in open access secondary databases, and using field diaries from research of the Environmental Health and Work Laboratory (LASAT) of the Aggeu Magalhães Institute of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The disaster caused situations of injustice and environmental conflicts that had negative repercussions in the territories with socioeconomic impacts, on the environment, and on the health of the population. The entire marine environment was affected, resulting in physical and chemical alterations. The health vulnerabilities faced by local people were intensified, influencing the social determination of the health–disease process. The local economy was extremely affected, generating job insecurity and several socio-cultural problems. It is essential to build environmental and health diagnoses for remedial measures in disasters such as the oil spill.
ISSN:2673-6411
2673-6411
DOI:10.3390/biochem2040018