San Benito y su Lucha Contra la Curtiembre Ilegal

Abstract

The research work is a documentary journalistic production, which exposes alleged illegal leather tanning industries compared to legal ones, which carry out activities that have an environmental impact in the San Benito neighborhood of the Tunjuelito town in Bogotá. That is why these unregulated practices of the tanneries in the San Benito neighborhood continue to dump excess materials into the river, for which it was proposed that Motivate illegal tannery companies in the San Benito sector of the Tunjuelito location in Bogotá , in order to consider moving to a legal process to maintain a more favorable environmental impact. Thus, the study followed a qualitative and quantitative approach, for which residents of the neighborhood were interviewed, as well as other relevant subjects from public entities. The results showed that workers and neighbors get sick mainly from respiratory conditions, with the impact of cancer, the main cause being uncleanliness and strong odors from illegal tanning processes. For this, the state in alliance with other institutions has achieved the legalization of several companies and the training of them with graduates, however, greater motivation is needed, for which it is recommended to disseminate the report generated in this study.