A5081250925- Heavy metals in environment
- Mining and Resource Management
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Coal and Its By-products
- Educational Technology in Learning
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geography and Education Methods
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Educational Practices and Policies
Heidelberg University
2021-2025
Heidelberg University of Education
2021-2022
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
2020
Assessing the impact of mining activity on availability environmental pollutants is crucial for informing health policies in anticipation future production scenarios critical minerals essential transition to a net-zero carbon society. However, temporal and spatial monitoring often sparse, measurements may not extend far enough back time. In this study, we utilize variations chemical elements contained tree-rings collected local villages from an area heavily affected by copper Atacama Desert...
Indigenous communities from northern Chile have historically been exposed to the impacts of massive copper industrial activities conducted in region. Some belonging Alto El Loa Development Area are located less than 10 km "Talabre'' tailings dam, which contains residues production and other metals that can be toxic human health (e.g., As, Sb, Cd, Mo, Pb). Given increasing demand achieve net-zero emission scenarios concomitant expansions tailings, exposure is a latent risk local communities....
Arsenic chronic exposure, particularly in its inorganic form, represents a significant public health concern. This study was conducted Arica, the northernmost city country, whose inhabitants have been exposed to arsenic both naturally through drinking water and anthropogenically due toxic waste disposal site. We explored changes levels cohort of pregnant women their children over decade, identifying exposure trends determinants. used data on maternal urine samples during pregnancy, collected...
Abstract The Atacama Desert’s naturally elevated metal(loid)s pose a unique challenge for assessing the environmental impact of mining, particularly indigenous communities residing in these areas. This study investigates how copper mining influences dispersion elements wind‐transportable fraction (<75 μm) surface sediments across an 80 km radius. We employed multi‐pronged approach, utilizing spatial modeling to map element distributions, exponential decay analysis quantify concentration...
Indigenous communities from northern Chile have historically been exposed to the impacts of massive copper industrial activities conducted in region. Some belonging Alto El Loa Development Area are located less than 10 km "Talabre" tailings dam, which contains residues production and other metals that can be toxic human health (e.g., As, Sb, Cd, Mo, Pb). Given increasing demand achieve net-zero emission scenarios concomitant expansions tailings, exposure is a latent risk local communities....