Puchuncavi was the center of the public health alarm, because the boys and girls of the school “La Greda ” had signs of heavy metal pollution intoxication.
The pollution of the refinery ventanas, has convert the agriculture zone in a desert zone, all the plants and trees has died in due the pollution.
The people of puchuncavi has made this situation a concern of the authorities.
In the other hand, the miner company said to the community that all this concern is unnecessary, and the refinery is necessary to all, as a source of work to the community specially.
The government said, that all the decisions about close the refinery, must come from Codelco (the miner company).
The contamination with heavy metals is one of the worst case of intoxication, due to the heavy metals bioaccumulation and his not metabolization.
The intoxication signs could varies according to the time of exposition, the specific heavy metal and the way of contamination (air, water, food).
In this case, seem to be arsenic the principal heavy metal contaminant, plus a chronic exposition and the thing that the principal affected were boys and girls, made of this a huge public health alarm.
The solution of this, could be the close of the refinery, or the move on of the people of the puchuncavi to other place, but the damage to this people it was done.
In the future we hope the government will be more strong in environmental politics, to stop this unfortunately accidents and protect the people and the environment.
More environmental impact studies has to be done before build such refineries
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