Indústrias mineradoras de Boa Vista - PB: impactos ambientais e na saúde dos moradores e trabalhadores da Comunidade Coréia.

Abstract

The process of mining and industrialization isresponsible for economicgrowth and development of variouslocations in Brazil and worldwide, It is present both in large cities and highly developed cities as in smalltowns and rural communities. The mining beyondaspects of social and economicdevelopment, It isresponsible for severalenvironmentaldamagewhichsubsequentlyhas a connection withproblemsrelated to health of those living near mining. Thus, the present studyseeks to analyze the social and environmentalchangesthatoccurredduring the productionprocess of Bentonite ore in Boa Vista-PB, specifically in Sítio Espinheiro orcommonlyknown as Coréacommunity, communitynearextractionindustryBentonite ore. The theoretical and conceptual basisisbasedon the concepts of environment, space, territory and health and seeks to analyze the environmental and healthimpacts of communityresidents and workers. Coréa, thatafter the installation of the plant for extraction and processing of bentonite, imposes new dynamic to the spacehighlighting the positive and the negative aspects in the development of mining, sensesespecially in the communitywhere the industryislocated. For suchworkobjectiveswereachievedthrough data collection in bibliographies of the authorswhotreat the theme in publicbodies of the Hall health system, butalso in the communitythrough interviews withrepresentatives of mining company and communityworkers toanalyzethese in relation to the harmfuleffects of mining activities; It wasalsoconductedfieldobservation and recordswithimagesthathelped to analyze the landscape and the pursuit of interrelation of literature as the object of study.