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Johny Ponce-Canchihuamán^1,2, Franziska Landes³, Eda Palacios¹

¹Center for Research in Environmental Health (CREEH) Lima Perú.

|February 12, 2026

Resumen

Las pruebas de suelo dirigidas por estudiantes mapearon eficazmente la contaminación intermitente por plomo (Pb) en pueblos peruanos. Este enfoque identificó patrones de contaminación más estrechamente relacionados con los niveles históricos de plomo en sangre infantil que con las mediciones totales de plomo.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ciencias Ambientales
Salud Pública
Ciencia Ciudadana

Sus antecedentes:

La contaminación por plomo (Pb) en el suelo es una preocupación ambiental y de salud pública importante, particularmente en áreas afectadas por la minería.
Mapear la contaminación intermitente del suelo es un desafío y requiere muchos recursos.
Comprender la distribución espacial del plomo biodisponible es crucial para la remediación dirigida y la evaluación de riesgos para la salud.

Objetivo del estudio:

Evaluar la efectividad del cribado de suelos realizado por estudiantes para mapear la contaminación por plomo en tres pueblos peruanos.
Comparar los datos de contaminación por plomo generados por estudiantes con las mediciones de fluorescencia de rayos X (FRX) basadas en laboratorio.
Evaluar la relación entre los patrones de contaminación por plomo en el suelo y los niveles históricos de plomo en sangre infantil.

Principales métodos:

Casi 2000 estudiantes recolectaron y analizaron 1500 muestras de suelo utilizando un kit de campo para plomo extraíble simulado gástrico.
Se analizaron 2000 muestras de suelo adicionales por personal de campo.
Los resultados se mapearon y compararon con las concentraciones totales de plomo en el suelo determinadas por FRX, con control de calidad de laboratorio.

Principales resultados:

La contaminación por plomo en el suelo varió significativamente entre y dentro de los sitios de estudio.
Las concentraciones totales de plomo fueron más altas en Cerro de Pasco, seguido de La Oroya y luego Callao.
Las proporciones extraíbles de plomo, indicadas por lecturas visuales, mostraron un patrón inverso, aumentando de Cerro de Pasco a La Oroya a Callao, correlacionándose mejor con los niveles históricos de plomo en sangre infantil.

Conclusiones:

El cribado de suelos realizado por estudiantes es un método viable y eficaz para identificar patrones de contaminación por plomo en comunidades afectadas por la minería.
Este enfoque de ciencia ciudadana brinda valiosas oportunidades educativas junto con la monitorización ambiental.
El estudio destaca la importancia de evaluar el plomo biodisponible, no solo el plomo total, para comprender los riesgos para la salud.

Palabras clave:

educación kit de campo plomo contaminación salud pública suelo

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