BRAZILIAN NECROPOLIS (CEMETERIES): POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS GENERATED BY WASTE FROM CEMETERIAL ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPENDING THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH
The first cemeteries were built underground or at the bottom of religious temples because they were considered sacred places, from the 18th century onwards, with the advent of diseases such as cholera and the bubonic plague, there was a need to create necropolises away from urban areas. However, the lack of urban planning and public interest caused a new centralization of cemeteries due to the absence of urban planning in Brazilian municipalities. From the creation of the first legislation, Resolution no. Aware that most cemeteries in Brazilian municipalities have existed for more than 60 years, palliative measures should be adopted by the municipal government in order to minimize the generation of waste and the adoption of funeral practices with less risk of environmental contamination. In view of this, numerous studies point to necropolises as a place of enormous potential for environmental pollution due to their generated waste, which can be: i) liquids (necrochorum and water for cleaning graves); ii) solid (candles, artificial and natural flowers, construction materials, bones, etc.) and gaseous (gas release from cadaveric putrefaction activities). In this context, this work aimed to review the state of the art on the subject in the last four years (2018-2021) and present some suggestions for mitigating actions, such as: i) better waste management; ii) monitoring of water and soil quality; iii) implant crematoria in existing cemeteries; and iv) construction of new cemeteries in accordance with current legislation. Current literature points out cemetery activities as a huge public health problem that demands the need to treat cemetery activities with greater responsibility and the need to reformulate legislation and establish public policies aimed at cemetery activities.
BRAZILIAN NECROPOLIS (CEMETERIES): POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS GENERATED BY WASTE FROM CEMETERIAL ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPENDING THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9022226045
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Palavras-chave: crematoria, necrochorume, necropolis, environmental pollution and public health.
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Keywords: crematoria, necrochorume, necropolis, environmental pollution and public health.
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Abstract:
The first cemeteries were built underground or at the bottom of religious temples because they were considered sacred places, from the 18th century onwards, with the advent of diseases such as cholera and the bubonic plague, there was a need to create necropolises away from urban areas. However, the lack of urban planning and public interest caused a new centralization of cemeteries due to the absence of urban planning in Brazilian municipalities. From the creation of the first legislation, Resolution no. Aware that most cemeteries in Brazilian municipalities have existed for more than 60 years, palliative measures should be adopted by the municipal government in order to minimize the generation of waste and the adoption of funeral practices with less risk of environmental contamination. In view of this, numerous studies point to necropolises as a place of enormous potential for environmental pollution due to their generated waste, which can be: i) liquids (necrochorum and water for cleaning graves); ii) solid (candles, artificial and natural flowers, construction materials, bones, etc.) and gaseous (gas release from cadaveric putrefaction activities). In this context, this work aimed to review the state of the art on the subject in the last four years (2018-2021) and present some suggestions for mitigating actions, such as: i) better waste management; ii) monitoring of water and soil quality; iii) implant crematoria in existing cemeteries; and iv) construction of new cemeteries in accordance with current legislation. Current literature points out cemetery activities as a huge public health problem that demands the need to treat cemetery activities with greater responsibility and the need to reformulate legislation and establish public policies aimed at cemetery activities.
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Número de páginas: 15
- Valdinei de Oliveira Santos
- Cleiseano Emanuel da Silva Paniagua
