Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

• Hauptverfasser: Graziela Dias Blanco (Verfasst von), Rafael Barbizan Sühs (Verfasst von), Escarlet Brizola (Verfasst von), Patrícia Figueiredo Corrêa (Verfasst von), Mari Lucia Campos (Verfasst von), Natalia Hanazaki (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Abstract Background Mining activities have environmental impacts due to sediment movement and contamination of areas and may also pose risks to people's food security. In Brazil, the majority of coal mining activities are in the south, in the Santa Catarina carboniferous region. In this region,...