Environmental and Socioeconomic Impact on Health generated by Artisanal Gold Mining in Colombia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.2.331.76

Keywords:

mining, informal sector, health risk, health conditions

Abstract

Introduction: This systematic review article describes the environmental and socioeconomic impact on health generated by handmade gold mining in Colombia. For this study, they were considered articles published between 2010 and 2019. The objective of this bibliographic review is to describe the environmental and socioeconomic impact on health generated by gold mining in Colombia. 

Materials and methods: Work constructed through systematic review, using the following descriptors: mining, informal sector, health risk, health conditions.For this search, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, Publindex databases were used, as well as Colombian regulations.

Results: The environmental, socioeconomic and health categories were developed. In the environmental category, information on environmental sustainability, management of discharges, physicochemical tests and government control is detailed. In the socioeconomic category, the dilemmas between mining and the environment are described, the dilemma between small or artisanal mining and large-scale or industrialized mining, and the social and economic conflict. In the third category, health, the effects and perception of the population regarding health damage, labor protection, social innovation and opportunities for change for cleaner and healthier production are analyzed. .

Conclusions: The studies carried out are mainly concentrated in the department of Antioquia, showing the need to carry out research in other areas of the country. Although there is mining legislation in Colombia, the government is required to establish effective control measures, train and socialize the miners on adequate gold processing methods, guaranteeing the environmental and social development and protection of its miners. 

Author Biographies

Claudia Liliana López Jiménez, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia

Financiera-Universidad del Quindío. M. Sc. Administración del Desarrollo Humano y Organizacional. -Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Abogada-Universidad Libre de Pereira. Esp. Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Gerencia y Control del Riesgo-Universidad Libre de Pereira, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO). clopezjime1@uniminuito.edu.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-0657

Néstor Javier Velásquez Bonilla: , Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia

Médico-Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. MSc. Protección del Riesgo Laboral- Universidad de Alcalá de Henares-España,  MSc. Comunicación Educativa- Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira Esp. Salud Ocupacional. Gerencia y Control de Riesgos-Universidad Libre de Pereira, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO). nestor.velasquez@uniminuto.edu.co.
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6527-8631.

Juan Carlos Mejía Restrepo, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia

Ingeniero Mecánico-Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Msc. Administración Económica y Financiera-Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO). 
jmejiarestr@uniminuto.edu.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9390-9704

Carlos Felipe Mesa Giraldo, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, Colombia

Licenciado en Filosofía-Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Master en Managment Proyect-Esden Bussines School- EBS, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, España, Especialista en Economía-Universidad de los Andes. Afiliación institucional: Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, ESAP.
carlos.mesa@esap.edu.co Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-8522?lang=e

Published

2022-08-23

How to Cite

López Jiménez, . C. L., Velásquez Bonilla: , N. J. ., Mejía Restrepo, J. C. ., & Mesa Giraldo, C. F. (2022). Environmental and Socioeconomic Impact on Health generated by Artisanal Gold Mining in Colombia. Salud Uninorte, 38(2), 608–627. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.2.331.76

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Revisión Sistemática