How will& surface water and sediment samples be collected?

Understand the 5 steps for performing the surface water and sediment collections in the Paraopeba River during the Brumadinho UFMG Project.

Published on 09/11/2020

Surface water and sediment collections will be performed at 44 points, following the sampling design of those specified in Calls no 09/2019 and 11/2019 of the Brumadinho UFMG Project. The sampling points are located in the Paraopeba River, Ferro-Carvão stream, and the Retiro Baixo HPP. 

How does the Brumadinho Platform work?

Understand the three stages of the Platform's operation

Published on 06/11/2020

The Brumadinho Platform is responsible for gathering information about the judicial and extrajudicial processes related to the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão Mine dam in Brumadinho. Through the platform, the community can access information from all the research subprojects that make up the Brumadinho Project at UFMG. But how does it work?

It is possible to understand the operation of the Platform in three steps:
 

Disasters, Impacts and Damage - Understand a little more!

Published on 02/11/2020

A typology is a classification, a grouping by types: species, patterns,  characteristics, forms, genera, classes, qualities, examples, models, etc.
In the case of the Brumadinho UFMG Project, a typology of impacts will be made, that is, a grouping by types of losses and damages that occurred due to the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão Mine Dam.
The various types of damage will be grouped into five categories that will serve to construct a typology of those affected:

7 signs of heavy metal poisoning in dogs and cats

Published 10/30/2020

You've probably heard about heavy metals and their harm to human health, but did you know that these substances can also harm your pets? Dogs, cats and other pets can also fall victim to this poisoning, which can lead to health problems and even death.

Assessing the health conditions of people in disaster contexts

Published on 10/29/2020

On January 25, 2019, one of the most serious disasters involving ore dams in the world occurred: the rupture of Dam I of the Córrego do Feijão Mine in Brumadinho (MG). All along the path traversed by the tailings slurry, homes, animal breeding areas, various plantations, and communities that base their survival on the use of existing environmental resources (rivers, soils, and forests) were directly affected. Human losses, as a direct consequence of the disaster, totaled 259 people and 11 people still remain missing, according to data updated by the Minas Gerais State Civil Defense on December 28, 2019. 

Understand water quality monitoring and what it can indicate about your region

Published 10/29/2020

Brazil is the country that has the largest amount of fresh water in the world, concentrating, in its territory, about 12% of the existing total. This water, which is surface or underground, is distributed among rivers, aquifers and dams and is used, above all, to supply the population, irrigate crops and for the industrial sector. For this distribution to occur, however, there must be certain levels of water quality.

Importance of groundwater quality assessment in the region affected by the dam breach

Posted in 08/02/2021

During the mining process, the metals of interest are separated and the waste generated (disposal) is sometimes accumulated in the dams, potentiating the concentration of metals and metalloids, some of which are toxic.

UFMG structures reference center for material analysis of the Brumadinho dam

Judge of TJMG visited the laboratory complex that was installed in the Department of Chemistry at UFMG with resources from judicial guarantees

Posted on 09/12/2020

Rector Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida and Judge Elton Pupo Nogueira, from the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais (TJMG), visited, this Monday, the 7th, the facilities of the Reference Center for Environmental Innovation (CRA), located in the Annex 3 from the Chemistry Department.