Environmental damages and health hazards caused by marcopper
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By Jill B. Dalisay
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Objectives
Examines the updates on the Marcopper mishap, Effects and current effort of the Philippine
government on the recovery of the province.
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Rich in gold, copper, silver, nickel, chromite, marble and limestone
Chinese trade
Spanish Period
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This encourages investors thru incentives like a four year income tax holiday, value added tax exemptions, tax and duty-free capital equipment exemptions and accelerated depreciation
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Campostela Valley
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Semirara Oil Spill
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Boac River biologically dead
Flash floods Loss in aquatic
resources Loss in livelihood
among residents Health contaminations
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Soil are acidic Presence of heavy metals in soil 180 million estimated cost of damages
(Bennagen,2006)
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Limited studies done on the health status of residents of Marinduque
Nine residents are positive with zinc (Tauli-Corpuz, 2000)
Influenza, hypertension Arsenic ketatosis in one resident
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The incident have traumatized the Philippine nation
Residents have spent more money to look for other sources of drinking water
Effects of the tailings are still present in the island (2000)
No paper was done to look closer on the health hazards brought about by the accident (Plumbee, 2000)
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A deeper study is needed to understand the long-terms effect of the mine accident
These study will help in policy making and decision making skills of the government to mining industry and future similar cases.