An economic investigation of the dengue incidence as a result of a tailings dam accident in Brazil.
J Environ Manage
; 253: 109748, 2020 Jan 01.
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| ID: mdl-31678687
On November 2015, the Fundão Tailings Dam, located at Mariana municipality in Brazil, failed. Besides the deaths and injuries, economic losses, pollution and health problems associated to heavy metals in the water, Brazilian municipalities near the accident experienced an increase in the incidence of dengue. Since dengue fever is an insect-borne disease and the mosquito develops where there is stored water, there must be a relationship between the dam accident and the incidence of the disease. The purpose of this study is to test whether there is a causal relationship between the dam accident in Mariana and the number of dengue cases, number of hospitalizations due to dengue, and dengue outbreak in the municipalities affected by the accident. We find evidence that the accident had a positive and statistically significant impact on dengue indicators (for example, the probability of a dengue outbreak increased in 19%), what makes us call attention to another negative externality of tailings dam accidents.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dengue
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Environ Manage
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido