“Is it still safe to eat traditional food?” Addressing traditional food safety concerns in aboriginal communities

Bordeleau, Serge; Asselin, Hugo; Mazerolle, Marc J.; Imbeau, Louis

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.189

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“…Most health impacts documented among IPs are mediated through the consumption of polluted water (Huseman and Short 2012; Dudarev et al 2013; Bradford et al 2016) and food (Bordeleau et al 2016), including wild foods obtained through hunting (Cartró‐Sabaté et al 2019), fishing (Marushka et al 2017), and gathering (Strand et al 2002). Because IPs often eat animal parts where pollutants accumulate (e.g., fatty tissues), their exposure is higher than among nonindigenous groups who discard these parts.…”

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A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. Indigenous peoples experience large burdens of environmental pollution linked to the expansion of commodity frontiers and industrial development, including agricultural, mining, and extractive industries, as well as urban growth, waste dumping, and infrastructure and energy development. Nevertheless, IPs are contributing to limit pollution in different ways, including through environmental monitoring and global policy advocacy, as well as through local resistance toward polluting activities. This work adds to growing evidence of the breadth and depth of environmental injustices faced by IPs worldwide, and we conclude by highlighting the need to increase IPs' engagement in environmental decision-making regarding pollution control. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:324-341.

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confidence: 99%

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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“…On the other hand, active indigenous groups worldwide are gaining more power to voice their right to consume wildlife, including the right to trade wildmeat (Eilperin, 2013;Searles, 2016;O'Neill, 2018). The main arguments used are food sovereignty (Searles, 2016;Hoover et al, 2017), quality of the diets (Samson and Pretty, 2006;Bodirsky and Johnson, 2008;Bordeleau et al, 2016;van Vliet et al, 2017a,b), protection of cultural identities (Fischer et al, 2013), and the right for selfdetermination (Schweitzer et al, 2000). Protectionist measures are increasingly tagged with severe accusations of cultural imperialism (Neves-Graça, 2010 and cultural genocide Kingston, 2015.…”

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“Bushmeat Crisis” and “Cultural Imperialism” in Wildlife Management? Taking Value Orientations Into Account for a More Sustainable and Culturally Acceptable Wildmeat Sector

Vliet

2018

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…Local communities are human groups, located in the same region and time, that develop a cultural identity and a unique relationship with the environment [9][10][11]. The interaction of local communities with the environment is directly related to their culture and the experiences and perceptions of past and present generations [10], and is reflected in the use of local resources and dietary habits [12,13].…”

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“…Local communities are human groups, located in the same region and time, that develop a cultural identity and a unique relationship with the environment [ 9 – 11 ]. The interaction of local communities with the environment is directly related to their culture and the experiences and perceptions of past and present generations [ 10 ], and is reflected in the use of local resources and dietary habits [ 12 , 13 ]. The study of heavy metal impacts on food security of local communities has gained prominence in regions such as China, related to urban growth in mined areas [ 1 , 14 ], and northern Europe, related to increased mining activities and insecticide use in agriculture [ 15 ].…”

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Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

Blanco

Sühs

Brizola

et al. 2020

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background: Mining activities have environmental impacts due to sediment movement and contamination of areas and may also pose risks to people's food security. In Brazil, the majority of coal mining activities are in the south, in the Santa Catarina carboniferous region. In this region, previously mined areas contaminated with heavy metals frequently occur nearby inhabited zones. Mining is part of the daily lives of local communities, and its environmental impacts are visible in the landscape; however, plants with medicinal and food use from these areas can be still consumed. Heavy metals are contaminants that do not have odor, color, or taste, and are therefore difficult to detect. We aimed to verify whether people use plants from contaminated mine areas, and understand which factors can influence the use of these resources, even from areas visibly impacted. Methods: We conducted 195 semi-structured interviews with residents from 14 areas nearby abandoned mines in the main municipalities of the Santa Catarina carboniferous region. We asked each interviewee about the length of time they lived in the region, their perception of the quality of the environment, and what plant species were used and for what purpose. We constructed generalized multivariate linear models to verify which variables can affect the group of species mentioned and generalized linear models to verify which variables can affect the total number of citations. We estimated the frequency of citing species collected using the Smith index. Results: From all interviewees, 127 (65%) reported collecting plants for medicinal and food use, directly from contaminated mine areas. Long-term residents, as well as those who noticed more environmental changes (positive and negative), cited more plants used and had more detailed knowledge of plant use in their communities. When asked if they were aware of the possible contamination of mined areas, 85% said they knew about it. However, only 10% associated negative health effects with the use of plant species collected in contaminated mined areas.

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“Is it still safe to eat traditional food?” Addressing traditional food safety concerns in aboriginal communities

Cited by 37 publications

References 51 publications

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

“Bushmeat Crisis” and “Cultural Imperialism” in Wildlife Management? Taking Value Orientations Into Account for a More Sustainable and Culturally Acceptable Wildmeat Sector

Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

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