Saúde ambiental: riscos ocupacionais enfrentados por catadores de materiais recicláveis cooperativados
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2021-04-16
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Universidade Católica do Salvador
Abstract
This research takes place based on the author's concern about a visibly unhealthy occupational
environment, faced by collectors of cooperative recyclable materials with direct exposure to
contamination vectors, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, insects and poisonous animals such as
rats and bats that can result in diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, zika, coronavirus,
leptospirosis, diarrhea, dermatitis, pneumonia, and musculoskeletal diseases such as low back
pain, tendonitis, neck pain, among others. Despite being organized in warehouses with the
objective of producing sustainable solidarity economy, collaborating for the environmentally
appropriate final disposal system of recycling, minimizing the negative impacts produced by
the self consumption of materials such as paper, plastic, glass and metal, cooperative
collectors need support with regard to their organization in work processes, avoiding the
spread of possible diseases related to the handling of solid urban waste. After theoretical
discussions applied during the fulfillment of the mandatory disciplines of the Academic
Master in Territory, Environment and Society at the Catholic University of Salvador, linked
to technical visits in cooperatives of recyclable materials in the city of Salvador - BA, carried
out as participation in the research group Gamdes / UCSAL, the following guiding question
arose: what is the relationship between environmental health, the management of urban solid
waste within work processes and the possible symptoms of occupational disease in workers of
a recyclable materials cooperative in the city of Salvador - BA? To this end, it was decided to
divide this master's dissertation into two chapters represented by two scientific articles that
were concerned with drawing up a theoretical reflection on the scenario where waste pickers
are inserted, informing them about the problem of solid urban waste based on official
documents. and national and international researchers on the subject, in addition to proposing
an assessment map of possible occupational risk factors found through photographic analysis
in a cooperative of recyclable materials in Salvador - BA.
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Saúde e meio ambiente, Saúde ambiental, Catador de materiais recicláveis, Risco ambiental, Risco ocupacional, Health and environment, Environmental health, Recyclable material picker, Environmental risk, Occupational risk