Rita Rodriguez

Rita Rodriguez
Technological University of Panama | UTP

Licenciada en Ingeniería Geológica

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The El Valle Volcanic Complex, located in the province of Cocle, Panama, presents geological characteristics that could be linked to public health problems. This study focuses on the municipalities of San Juan de Dios, Pajonal, and Caballero, where water is consumed directly from springs (groundwater outcrops). The region has a high incidence of no...
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La piña es el segundo cultivo perenne tropical con más importancia a nivel mundial después del banano, aportando más del 20% del volumen total mundial de frutos tropicales. La calidad de la piña panameña es del deleite nacional y de mercados internacionales como Europa y Estados Unidos, siendo La Chorrera el mayor productor de piña del país. El obj...
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Abstract: La mina de oro de Remance está ubicada en el pueblo de Remance, distrito de San Francisco, Provincia de Veraguas República de Panamá. La mina ha sido explotada en periodos intermitentes, la última explotación minera se dio entre los años de 1989 a 1999 por la compañía minera Remance S.A. [1], a través del proceso de cianuración. Producto...
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The Remance gold mine, in Veraguas (central Panama), had its last mining operation in 1999, using the cyanidation process for Au separation. As a result of this activity, three waste tailings were exposed to the weather, in addition to mine dumps and the open pit mining areas. Currently the area is inhabited by peasants who develop subsistence agri...
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Mining affects the environment, particularly through the persistence of accumulation of tailings materials; this is aggravated under tropical climatic conditions, which favours the release of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) bioavailable to the local flora and fauna and supposing a risk to human health. The Remance gold mine (Panamá), exploited in...

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