Environmental pollution by sterile miners in a tourist area under development: sierra minera de Cartagena-La Union (southeast of Spain)

Authors

  • Francisco Belmonte Serrato
  • Asunción Romero Díaz
  • Jesús Moreno Brotons
Keywords: sterile mining, heavy metals, air pollution, cancer

Abstract

This paper examines the status of mining tailings washing and swamps in the mining Sierra of Cartagena-La Union, as potential areas of risk to the health of populations in the Sierra mining and adjacent areas and the tourist population.

Are warning about the relationship between high concentrations of certain heavy metals and the incidence of some cancers, as demonstrated by various studies and shown high rates of lung and pleura in the municipalities of Cartagena and La Union, in relation to those found in the rest of the region.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Belmonte Serrato

Universidad de Murcia

Asunción Romero Díaz

Universidad de Murcia

Jesús Moreno Brotons

Universidad de Murcia
How to Cite
Belmonte Serrato, F., Romero Díaz, A., & Moreno Brotons, J. (2010). Environmental pollution by sterile miners in a tourist area under development: sierra minera de Cartagena-La Union (southeast of Spain). Cuadernos de Turismo, (25), 11–24. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/109551
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