Pollution damages associated with an aluminum sulfate manufacturing firm in Antipolo City, Philippines

Issue Date

2002

Abstract

The study assessed the damages allegedly caused by the polution emitted by an aluminum sulfate manufacturing firm (ASMF) that became physically noticeable in august of 1998. Damages range from health impacts, destruction of properties to agricultural loses. The impact zone of pollution was divided into two concentric zones: Area 1 covers residents living within 500 m radius from the factory; and Area 2 consists of residents within 501-1000 m radius. From the 95 residents who were interviewed, as many as 41% suffered from minorskin and eye irritations and respiratory disease, 24% ha their roofs damaged, 15% reported losses from the clothing exposed during the event, while 26% claimed crop losses.

The total material damage allegedly caused by the factory amounted to P891, 787 with agricultural damage reaching P2.4M. The biggest loss was in terms of health damage which was valued at P3.5M.

The respondents were asked if they were wiling to contribute some amount to finance the operation of a monitoring team that would help prevent occurence of a similar environmental disaster. Seventy percent(70%) of Area 1 respondents and 60% from Area 2 were wiling to pay a mean value of P407/year and P66/year, respectively. the analysis revealed that residents near potential source of pollution were wiling to pay a positive amount to avoid pollution-induced damages, as the latter could be a substantrial sum as shown in the study.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of Environmental Science and Management

ISSN

0119-1144

Volume

5

Issue

1-2

Page

1-14

Document Type

Article

Frequency

annually

Physical Description

2 figures, 7 tables

Language

English

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