Environmental and Geography Effects of Health Arising from the Sugar Alcohol Sector in the municipalities of Nova Glória, Ipiranga de Goiás and Rubiataba, Goiás state

Renata Sousa Nunes, Murilo Marques Costa, Sérgio Sousa Nunes, Suelen Marçal Nogueira, Geisenely Vieira dos Santos Ferreira, Doraci Maria dos Santos Trindade

Environmental effects, geography effects, health, sugar alcohol sector.

The present study refers to a parallel to be evaluated, which is the correlation between the activities of the sugar and alcohol plants and the sugarcane plantations, environmental damage and the local health population in the municipalities of Nova Glória, Ipiranga and Rubiataba, Goiás state, in other words, if there were changes in the aspects related to collective health and that may directly or indirectly be related to this environmental aspect. and, in a specific character, to characterize the level of environmental diagnosis in the sugarcane plantations in the municipalities of Nova Glória, Ipiranga and Rubiataba that serve the Cooper Rubi plant; analyze the Environmental Management System (EMS) with Cooper Rubi, with emphasis on preventive actions that are developed in order to reduce damage to the environment; and finally, to analyze health statistics referring to diseases of respiratory diseases and its correlation with the sugar industry in this region.

Received: 22 Oct 2020; Received in revised form: 11 Jan 2021; Accepted: 16 Feb 2021; Available online: 26 Feb 2021

10.22161/ijaers.82.33