Epidemiological
Study Begins
In New
World congregation, a census of the population is underway. The census is being conducted in order to
know the chemical, physical, mechanical and psychosocial agents in relation to
industrial enterprises, among them Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), that
contaminate the environment.
Yesterday morning, Hilda Rodríguez Miranda, regional coordinator
epidemiology of harmful toxins for the 11th Sanitary District,
Victor Atilano Cerna and Antonio Magdonal Trinidad, municipal representative of
New Word did a census of the industrial corridor and the congregation’s
colonies. This is part of the first
stage of epidemiological studies that will be administered in at least six
municipalities in the region.
The coordinator of
harmful toxins, Hilda Rodríguez, indicated that in
the next few days the surveyors from the National  Institute of Public health
will arrive to initiate the program and detect the types of disease that exist
in the zone in relation with the chemical agents emitted by the 120 enterprises
of the industrial corridor.
From September 2005 to January of this year,
New World has seen an increase in acute
respiratory disease in children less than 5 year of age and adults, dermatitis,
gastroenteritis, leukemia and liver cancer among different ages.
IN NEW WORLD THEY LOOK FOR CAUSES OF DISEASES
One will see the
results of this epidemiological study reflected over the next four years. The first stage is calls for the initial
study and a signed agreement between the state government and Pemex.
One his part, chief of the Municipal Public
Health Department, Victor Atilano Cerna, along with the Secretary of Health
added that undertaking an epidemiological vigilance after the intense
management of Mayor Iván Hillman Chapoy, “we are worried about the residents’
health. We are seeing with our efforts
of this first census that the risky conditions have, as a consequence, brought
about some illnesses.”
The municipality of Coatzacoalcos will
continue working until epidemiological studies are conclude and they know what
will be Petróleos Mexicanos’ response.
Meanwhile,
municipal agent Marco Antonio Magdonal Trinidad explained that it’s a worrisome
situation that one lives in New World and that
now, more than ever, it demands the application of the epidemiological study.
“We are
collaborating with the Sanitary Jurisdiction and with city hall so that they
might carry out the studies on the population, above all on the women and
children,” he highlighted.
In 1983, the IMSS carried out a study on the
residents of New World, whose results indicated that a large part of were
suffering from saturnism; that is to say,
lead poisoning in the body since the enterprise Tereftalatos was handling lead
tetraetilo.
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