Investigators of the UCV and representatives of organisms of the State met with the municipal executive to look for solutions this high contamination

• Rafael Figueroa

The Pebble. A commission integrated by diverse institutions coming from the Capital City, Caracas, moved to the municipality the Pebble, in order to realise the contacts with the local authorities, as well as miners, to treat the referring thing to the mercurial contamination that exists in this mining municipality of the south of the state Bolivar.

Nereida Carrión that belongs to the authorized one of science of the Central University of Venezuela, indicated “I am accompanying this group by investigators, of the Defensoría of the Town, Ministry of the Atmosphere, in a recognition visit, to look for strategies of how to face the mercurial problem that has in very high levels this population of the Pebble, which comes studying for some years, nevertheless now we want to make a project much more ample of all the population, in health, educative level, and social incidence among others things”.

Also Carrión said that this already verified the very high levels of mercurial contamination, which this sharp in a study of the atmosphere, “is not only to face the problem of the contamination, we also want to see like fighting the sequels that leaves to east type of contamination in the miner and the miner, the study is quite complex and very ample, for that reason we are visiting today the mayoress of the Pebble Dra. Orleneia Scipio, exactly, to combine efforts and so that it also helps us in which this a S.A. it tires to help to tackle this problem that faces, this population of the Pebble. This is a commission that was managed to establish at presidential level to study exactly this problem as it is it without a doubt the mercurial contamination”, said Carrión

Pilot municipality “the Pebble”

Also it was known by this commission that the municipality the Pebble was chosen like pilot municipality, because it owns an established population and for that reason it is chosen as it leaves from the pilot study that will be realising these members of the scientific commission that studied the situation of mercurial contamination, and the results according to we knew will be sent with its respective recommendations to the Venezuelan state, that was in charge to take the measures that make lack to face this situation of contamination.

The mayoress Dra. Orlenia Scipio in her intervention was thankful to this presidential commission, by her presence in the Pebble, to altogether look for a solution this problem that faces the population, in the matter of atmosphere and mining, “we are going to look for altogether the elaboration of projects to reclaim the Yuruari river, would be realised fundamental studies for the treatment of the problems of mercury, that is important, greets for it publishes of the municipality and generally we have spoken than it is the mining and the possible solutions as far as mercury talk about” said Scipio.

On the other hand Yelenia representing Carpio of the Defensoría from the Town at National level in Environmental Matter, “we are here thanks to the information that we have obtained from the mercury levels that exist in this population of the Pebble, and this does not guarantee the human rights, that this insurance, next to the right to the health, the life, and is already a subject of competition of defensoría of the town, to help to look for possible solutions as far as this as important subject as the environmental contamination, we are arranged to work and to promote before all the organs of the state that have competition to confront this together problems, this it is not a merely environmental problem, and that is not going away to solve of isolated way, if not that there is to take half-full in other aspects like the education, Health among others”. It limited Carpio

The defender of the town was thankful for the reception that gave the mayoress him Orlenia Scipio, to this group of scientists, who according to its word this showing all the interest possible that she requires this case, so that of joint form to look for possible solutions this problem that faces this population of the south of the state Bolivar.

High of Mercurial Contamination

Due to these levels that the population of the Pebble presents/displays, the primary target of this interinstitutional equipment, looks for to take care of the population of the Pebble, which this contaminated by mercury and to look for other alternatives and techniques to reduce the use of mercury and thus to look for the way that the use of mercury in this municipality falls, because or some cases are observed that have been attacked nevertheless looks for solutions altogether to avoid to use mercury or to lower the levels of incidence in the health of the miners who toil the artisan mining in the municipality the Pebble.