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0392/2024 - Health and Environmental Licensing: analysis of a Study of the Environmental Impacts of Oil Wells in Northeast Brazil
Saúde e Licenciamento Ambiental: análise de um Estudo de Impactos Ambientais de Poços de Petróleo no Nordeste do Brasil

Author:

• José Marcos Silva - Silva, J.M - <jose.marcoss@ufpe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-8302

Co-author(s):

• Solange Laurentino dos Santos - Santos,S.L - <solange.lsantos@ufpe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-3959
• Ana Marília Correia Cavalcanti - Cavalcanti, A.M.C - <anamariliaa2011@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9353-423X
• Mariana Olivia dos Santos - Santos, M.O - <marianaxolivia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-2335
• Lia Giraldo da Silva Augusto - Augusto, L.G.S - <lgiraldo@uol.com.br; giraldo@cpqam.fiocruz.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2771-7592


Abstract:

The interrelationship between health and the environment is at the heart of the environmental licensing process. Economic development generates impacts on human health, such as those of the oil industry known for pollution, illness, chemical accidents and spills, with implications for collective health. This article presents the results of a study that analyzed the inclusion of human health in an Environmental Impact Assessment for well drilling in northeastern Brazil. Using a method in which a matrix of health and environmental indicators was applied, categorized, systematized and critiqued, it found a lack of basic indicators for the protection, prevention and mitigation of damage to health. The conclusion is that there is an urgent need to include health monitoring in environmental licensing in areas subject to risk situations related to the oil production chain. It should be noted that the method contributes to highlighting the lack of care for collective health in the EIA in order to reaffirm the principles of the Unified Health System.

Keywords:

collective health; public health; health and environment; oil; offshore drilling.

Content:

Health and Environmental Licensing: analysis of a Study of the Environmental Impacts of Oil Wells in Northeast Brazil


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Silva, J.M, Santos,S.L, Cavalcanti, A.M.C, Santos, M.O, Augusto, L.G.S. Health and Environmental Licensing: analysis of a Study of the Environmental Impacts of Oil Wells in Northeast Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Dec). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/health-and-environmental-licensing-analysis-of-a-study-of-the-environmental-impacts-of-oil-wells-in-northeast-brazil/19440?id=19440&id=19440



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