Author:

• Gabriela Marques Di Giulio - Di Giulio, G.M. - Campinas, SP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas - <ggiulio@usp.br, gabrieladigiulio@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1396-9788

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Abstract:

The investigation carried out focused on lead contamination case studies in Brazil. These situations involve communities who live in Santo Amaro da Purificação, north-eastern and Adrianópolis, south Brazil. These communities have all had to live with environmental contamination and human exposure to lead as a consequence of industrial, mining and processing activities that were developed by decades in a manner inconsistent with modern mining and industrial standards, with little control of environmental and human health impacts. The investigation sought to analyze the strategies of risk communication to local people, and to evaluate their engagement in the risk management. The methodological approach included the analysis of journalistic news, and interviews conducted with different stakeholders, such as local people, journalists, researchers and authorities. The results indicated the necessity to promote public involvement in the debate and in the decision-making process. The results also confirmed the hypothesis that associative models (represented by local neighborhoods associations, for instance) are important in promoting and stimulating public participation in the risk management.
Key words: risk communication, risk governance, lead contamination

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