Vítimas da contaminação por chumbo e a luta pelo direito: o caso do município de Santo Amaro na Bahia
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2011-03-18
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Universidade Católica do Salvador
Abstract
It intends to analyze cases of victims of lead contamination in Santo Amaro, Bahia,
caused by the company pollution COBRAC – Brazilian Company Lead and the
effects to the health of workers and living population around the Industry. Also shows
the environmental damages caused by five hundred tons of lead slag, left behind
after the shutdown of the industry in 1993 and its consequences for the environment
and the health of the population. It addresses the responsibility of polluting company
to repair the damage caused to the environment, to workers and to the population,
and, at the same time, tries to demonstrate the State subsidiary responsibility to
respond for those damages, in case of negligence in the use of legal means to
punish polluters for the damage, forcing them to repair it. Next, shows the kinds of
liability and participation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the cases
that condemned the Brazilian State, when it was negligent to punish the infractors of
the human personality rights. Finally, analyzes the lawsuits brought by the lead
contamination victims and what response was given by the Judiciary and the State.
In synthesis, it is intended to show the ways of solutions in national and international
law, in the direction to repair the sufferings of the victims of lead contamination
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Contaminação por chumbo, Princípio do poluidor pagador, Vítimas da contaminação por chumbo, Responsabilidade do Estado, A contaminação por chumbo em Santo Amaro, Meio Ambiente, Responsabilidade Civil, Lead contamination, Victims of lead contamination, Lead contamination in Santo Amaro, Polluter pays principle, Civil liability, State liability