Desastres tecnológicos e emergências de saúde pública: o caso do derramamento de óleo no litoral do Brasil
Eduardo Hage Carmo, Maria Glória Teixeira
Abstract
In late August 2019, an oil slick began to wash up on the coast of Northeast Brazil. To date, the slick, later identified as crude oil/petroleum, is assumed to have come from a spill from some tanker ship in transit along the Brazilian coast. The first oil slick was reported in the states of Pernambuco and Paraíba, and as of late November the spill had hit all states of the Northeast, including more than 400 locations, subsequently reaching the Southeast in the states of Espírito Santo and the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro. The disaster thus covers a huge geographic area, with serious environmental harm and an impact on subsistence conditions for countless human communities that depend on fishing and tourism.