Environmental damages and health hazards caused by marcopper

By Jill B. Dalisay

Objectives

Examines the updates on the Marcopper mishap, Effects and current effort of the Philippine

government on the recovery of the province.

Rich in gold, copper, silver, nickel, chromite, marble and limestone

Chinese trade

Spanish Period

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

Campostela Valley

Semirara Oil Spill

Boac River biologically dead

Flash floods Loss in aquatic

resources Loss in livelihood

among residents Health contaminations

Soil are acidic Presence of heavy metals in soil 180 million estimated cost of damages

(Bennagen,2006)

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

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)

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.