An oil company shed industrial pollutants into a stream, which supplied water to the inhabitants of a village in the town of Cimitarra, Department of Santander, in March 1998. A study of this environmental incident was carried out in order to determine the affects of pollution and the possible occurrence of an epidemic outbreak. The information available in the local health institution from before and after the incident was studied. An epidemiological survey was carried out which included a thorough clinical study of the inhabitants in the area and skin samples were taken in suspected cases. Simultaneously, two private laboratories and a university laboratory analyzed water samples for different parameters. All of the results obtained were ...
Knowledge of the aquatic environment, as well as the main sources of contamination, its transport, i...
This research carried out a socio-environmental analysis of the Ciénaga Grande de Malambo to identif...
Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Detecting the presence of waterborne...
Introduction. The purpose of this work was studied the magnitude, possible causes and contributing e...
The soil reflects every activity taking place on it, such as polluting industrial activities and was...
La contaminación a los recursos naturales ha causado grandes problemas a distintas poblaciones, en e...
We have studied systematically during the period of one year (February 1979-January 1980) the factor...
Los desechos sólidos forman parte de la contaminación del medio ambiente los mismos que tienen efect...
This article frames the contamination of the Ciénaga del Guajaro in the village of La Peña, Atlántic...
El saneamiento ambiental básico es el conjunto de acciones técnicas y socioeconómicas de salud públi...
Introducción. El propósito de este trabajo fue estudiar la magnitud, posibles causas y factores ambi...
This study looks at aspects of the environmental health of the rural population in Timbío (Cauca, Co...
El barrio Matadero-Franklin fue construido en el año 1847 por iniciativa de la municipalidad de Sant...
El artículo tiene como objetivo describir los posibles efectos de la contaminación de la Cuenca Alta...
In Tapalqué stream, different recreational and farming activities are developed, and on its way thro...
Knowledge of the aquatic environment, as well as the main sources of contamination, its transport, i...
This research carried out a socio-environmental analysis of the Ciénaga Grande de Malambo to identif...
Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Detecting the presence of waterborne...
Introduction. The purpose of this work was studied the magnitude, possible causes and contributing e...
The soil reflects every activity taking place on it, such as polluting industrial activities and was...
La contaminación a los recursos naturales ha causado grandes problemas a distintas poblaciones, en e...
We have studied systematically during the period of one year (February 1979-January 1980) the factor...
Los desechos sólidos forman parte de la contaminación del medio ambiente los mismos que tienen efect...
This article frames the contamination of the Ciénaga del Guajaro in the village of La Peña, Atlántic...
El saneamiento ambiental básico es el conjunto de acciones técnicas y socioeconómicas de salud públi...
Introducción. El propósito de este trabajo fue estudiar la magnitud, posibles causas y factores ambi...
This study looks at aspects of the environmental health of the rural population in Timbío (Cauca, Co...
El barrio Matadero-Franklin fue construido en el año 1847 por iniciativa de la municipalidad de Sant...
El artículo tiene como objetivo describir los posibles efectos de la contaminación de la Cuenca Alta...
In Tapalqué stream, different recreational and farming activities are developed, and on its way thro...
Knowledge of the aquatic environment, as well as the main sources of contamination, its transport, i...
This research carried out a socio-environmental analysis of the Ciénaga Grande de Malambo to identif...
Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Detecting the presence of waterborne...