Water resource quality as related to economic activity and health patterns in Sonora, Mexico

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2016.811

Published 4 October 2016 Open Access


Jose Luis Manzanares Rivera PhD in Economics. Professor-Researcher, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico. image/svg+xml



Abstract views
1377
Metrics Loading ...

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

Keywords:

Neoplasms, Water Resources, Mexico

Abstract


The aim of this work is to analyze the spatial distribution of potential pollution pathways of water resources given the economic activity in the Mexican border state of Sonora and propose a regional distribution in relation to cancer mortality rates across the state. The methodology is based in an exploratory and inferential data analysis using two sources of primary data: wastewater discharge concessions registered in the Public Registry on Water Rights [Registro Público de Derechos de Agua] (REPDA) and the records generated by the National Health Information System [Sistema Nacional de Información en Salud] (SINAIS) in the period 1998-2011 based on the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10). The spatial concentration analysis allows for the identification of specific cancer mortality causes at the regional level. Results indicate that the projected adjustments to the regulation NOM-250-SSA1-2014, which controls a subset of pollutants common in mining activity surroundings, is a matter of regional concern.


References


1. García y Alva F. México y sus progresos: Album-directorio del estado de Sonora. Hermosillo: Imprenta Oficial; 1905-1907.

2. Meyer E, (coord.). La lucha obrera en Cananea, 1906. 2d ed. México DF: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia; 1990.

3. Sariego JL. Enclaves y minerales en el norte de México: historia social de los mineros de Cananea y Nueva Rosita, 1900-1970. México DF: CIESAS; 1988.

4. Sonnichsen CL. Colonel Greene and the copper skyrocket. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press; 1976.

5. Aguirre MJ. Cananea: Las garras del imperialismo en las entrañas de México. México: Editora B. Costa-Amic; 1958.

6. Bailey LR. Bisbee: Queen of the Copper Camps. Tucson: Westernlore Press; 1983.

7. Sprouse TW. Water issues on the Arizona-Mexico border: The Santa Cruz, San Pedro and Colorado Rivers [Internet]. Tucson: Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona; 2005 [citado 10 sep 2015]. Disponible en: https://goo.gl/LAkF5K

8. Martinelli PC. Undermining race: ethnic identities in Arizona Copper Camps, 1880-1920. Tucson: University of Arizona Press; 2009.

9. Schwantes CA. Bisbee: Urban out post on the frontier. Tucson: University of Arizona Press; 1992.

10. Spude RL. Mineral frontier in transition: Copper mining in Arizona, 1880-1885. New Mexico Historical Review. 1976;51:19-34.

11. Gracida JJ. El Sonora moderno (1892-1910). En: Calderón S, (coord). Historia general de Sonora. Vol. 4. Hermosillo: Gobierno del Estado de Sonora; 1985.

12. World Health Organization. The economics of the social determinants of health and health inequalities: a resource book. Geneva: WHO; 2013.

13. Pandey P, Sharma R, Roy M, Pandey M. Toxic mine drainage from Asia's biggest copper mine at Malanjkhand, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2007;29(3):237-248.

14. El Gharmali A, Rada A, El Adnani M, Tahlil N, El Meray M, Nejmeddine A. Impact of acid mining drainage on the quality of superficial waters and sediments in the Marrakesh region, Morocco. Environmental Technology. 2004;25(12):1431-1442.

15. Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brusseau ML, Beamer P, Maier RM. Home gardening near a mining site in an arsenic-endemic region of Arizona: Assessing arsenic exposure dose and risk via ingestion of home garden vegetables, soils, and water. Science of the Total Environment. 2013;454-455:373-382.

16. Tsuji JS, Perez V, Garry MR, Alexander DD. Association of low-level arsenic exposure in drinking water with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and risk assessment. Toxicology. 2014;323:78-94.

17. US Environmental Protection Agency. Arsenic in drinking water funding sources [Internet]. 2015 [citado 9 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/nMw1OT

18. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Arsenic [Internet]. 2009 [citado 14 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/GgwHe4

19. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Public Health Statement: Arsenic [Internet]. Atlanta: ATSDR; 2007 [citado 10 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/8n74rr.

20. Organización Mundial de la Salud, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Arsenic and arsenic compounds. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. 1987;(suppl 7):100-106.

21. Hughes MF. Biomarkers of exposure: A case study with inorganic arsenic. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2006;114(11):1790-1796.

22. Razo I, Carrizales L, Castro J, Díaz-Barriga F, Monroy M. Arsenic and heavy metal pollution of soil, water and sediments in a semi-arid climate mining area in Mexico. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 2004;152(1):129-152.

23. Bundschuh J, Litter MI, Parvez F, Román-Ross G, Nicolli HB, Jean JS, Liu CW, López D, Armienta MA, Guilherme LR, Cuevas AG, Cornejo L, Cumbal L, Toujaguez R. One century of arsenic exposure in Latin America: A review of history and occurrence from 14 countries. Science of The Total Environment. 2012;429(1):2-35.

24. Wilson B, Pyatt FB. Heavy metal dispersion, persistance, and bioccumulation around an ancient copper mine situated in Anglesey, UK. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2007;66(2):224-231.

25. Gobierno de la República. Balance de las acciones del Gobierno de la República en el río Sonora [Internet]. 2015 [citado 21 octubre 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/0zeJ8k

26. Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente. Impone PROFEPA multas por 22.9 MPD a empresa minera Buenavista del Cobre [Internet]. Hermosillo, Sonora: PROFEPA; 2015 [citado 10 oct 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/emsWEX.

27. Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Informe de avances de evaluación de la calidad del agua de la presa el Molinito [Internet]. 2015 [citado 8 oct 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/ZcFp7L

28. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Secretaría de Salud. Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-127-SSA1-1994, Salud Ambiental, Agua para uso y consumo humano: Límites permisibles de calidad y tratamientos a que debe someterse el agua para su potabilización. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 22 nov 2000.

29. World Health Organization. Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease. Geneva: WHO; 2006.

30. Krieger N. Epidemiology and the web of causation: Has anyone seen the spider? Social Science & Medicine. 1994;39:887-903.

31. Honjo K. Social epidemiology: Definition, history, and research examples. Environmental Health Preventive Medicine. 2004;9(5):193-199.

32. Mallath MK, Taylor DG, Badwe RA, Rath GK, Shanta V, Pramesh Sullivan R. The growing burden of cancer in India: epidemiology and social context. The Lancet Oncology. 2014;15(6):e205-e212.

33. Dold B. Evolution of acid mine drainage formation in Sulphidic Mine Tailings. Minerals. 2014;4(3):621-641.

34. Isaaks E, Srivastava RM. An Introduction to applied geostatistics. North Carolina: Oxford University Press; 1989.

35. Pardo-Igúzquiza E, Chica-Olmo M, Garcia-Soldado MJ, Luque-Espinar JA. Using semivariogram parameter uncertainty in hydrogeological applications. Ground Water. 2009;47:25-34.

36. Waller LA, Gotway CA. Spatial exposure data applied spatial statistics for public health data. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons; 2004.

37. Comisión Nacional del Agua. Registro Público de Derechos de Agua [Internet]. Ciudad de México: CONAGUA; 2015 [citado 21 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/KKtJW2.

38. Dirección General de Información en Salud. Base de datos sobre defunciones [Internet]. Ciudad de México [citado 1 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/l1Bmg8

39. Isard W. Métodos de análisis regional: Una introducción a la ciencia regional. Barcelona: Ediciones Aries; 1971.

40. Beyene J, Moineddin R. Methods for confidence interval estimation of a ratio parameter with application to location quotients. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2005;5:32.

41. Moineddin R, Beyene J, Boyle E. On the location quotient confidence interval. Geographical Analysis. 2003;35:249-256.

42. Wright SE. The spatial distribution and geographic analysis of endodontic office locations at the national scale. Journal of Endodontics. 1994;20:500-505.

43. Alarcón-Herrera MT, Bundschuh J, Nath B, Nicolli HB, Gutierrez M, Reyes-Gomez VM, Nuñez D, Martín-Dominguez IR, Sracek O. Co-occurrence of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater of semi-arid regions in Latin America: Genesis, mobility and remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2013;262:960-969.

44. Naing N. Easy way to learn standardization: Direct and indirect methods. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2000;7(1):10-15.

45. International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Cancer Mortality Database [Internet]. 2015 [citado 10 jun 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/llWZ1s

46. American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2015 [Internet]. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2015 [citado 10 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/4zHKUv.

47. National Center Institute. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2012 [Internet]. 2014 [citado 10 ago 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/CxV85D

48. Krieger N. A glossary for social epidemiology. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001;55(10):693-700.

49. Ebenstein A. Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China, Review of Economics and Statistics. 2012;94(1):186-201.

50. Colborn T, Kwiatkowski C, Schultzz K, Bachran M. Natural gas operations from a public health perspective. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 2011;17(5):1039-1056.

51. Myers T. Potential contaminant pathways from hydraulically fractured shale to aquifers. Ground Water. 2012;50(6):872-882.

52. Energy Information Administration, Advanced Resources International. Technically recoverable shale oil and shale gas resources: an assessment of 137 shale formations in 41 countries outside the United States [Internet]. 2013 [citado 10 sep 2015]. Disponible en: http://goo.gl/ZqZAl9

53. Mactaggart F, McDermott L, Tynan A, Gericke C. Examining health and well-being outcomes associated with mining activity in rural communities of high-income countries: A systematic review. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 2016. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12285.

54. Fernández Francés J. Cáncer de pleura. Mesotelioma. Medicine. 2014;11(67):3995-4000.