El racismo ambiental en Brasil y su repercusión en la salud: un análisis del uso del colorante caramelo IV

It is proposed to analyze how biopolitics interferes with the fulfillment of the right to health and maximizes environmental racism in Brazil, especially with regard to the use of caramel colour IV by the food industry. The use of chemical additives in industrialized foods is a matter of discussion...

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Main Authors: Souza Abreu, Ivy de, Coelho de Azevedo Bussinguer, Elda
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6309551
Source:Opinión Jurídica: Publicación de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellín, ISSN 1692-2530, Vol. 16, Nº. 32, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: julio-diciembre), pags. 229-243
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Summary: It is proposed to analyze how biopolitics interferes with the fulfillment of the right to health and maximizes environmental racism in Brazil, especially with regard to the use of caramel colour IV by the food industry. The use of chemical additives in industrialized foods is a matter of discussion in health care. In the US, government agencies responsible for the health of the population, have a strict control on the use of this colorant in food due to damage that it may cause to human health. In Latin America, Brazil outstands for the excessive use of caramel colour IV, for its industries use caramel colour IV abusively in food without any concern for people’s health and fundamental rights. This denotes another form of environmental racism that Brazilian population faces, and even have consciousnesswithout even expressing concern for it. Power over the lives of people appears in its evil and harmful version. Conflicts of power, in this case, negatively interfere with citizen protection, preventing the fulfillment of the right to health and maximizing environmental racism.