Satu lagi, penduduk Buyat yang keracunan harus diperiksa. Apa sebab yang meracuni mereka.
--- Satrio Arismunandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kalau ada perbedaan hasil yang ekstrim, nggak usah > repot, Mas. Dan nggak usah dilarikan ke soal > politis. > > Bandingkan saja: > 1. Metode tes / pengujiannya. > 2. Cara pengambilan / pemilihan sampelnya. > 3. Jumlah sampel yang diperiksa dan lokasi > pengambilannya. > > Pasti ada penjelasan ilmiahnya.... Kenapa takut? > > > > --- rahardjo mustadjab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bakal mendulang badai kalau saya ungkit lagi soal > > ini, > > saya sadar itu. Maklum, pendapat yang mengatakan > > bahwa Newmont kerjanya bukan sembarangan, itu > > melawan > > arus. Tapi, apakah yang benar itu, yang sementara > > ini > > politically-correct? > > > > Salam, > > RM > > > > Print October 04, 2004 > > (Jakarta Post) > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Int'l tests show normal mercury level in Buyat Bay > > > Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta > > > > A laboratory test by Japan's Minamata institute > and > > the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the > > mercury > > levels in hair samples taken from residents living > > at > > Buyat Bay in North Sulawesi were normal, the > > Ministry > > of Health said on Sunday. > > > > Ministry director general of communicable disease > > Umar > > Fahmi said the level of mercury in the residents' > > hair > > was 2.65 micro grams per gram (æ/g) or around > > one-twentieth of the dangerous level of 50 æ/g set > > by > > WHO. > > > > "It indicates a normal level of mercury content in > > human body. The level is equivalent with the > mercury > > content found in healthy Japanese citizens," Umar > > told > > The Jakarta Post. > > > > Earlier, the results of a laboratory test last > July > > by > > the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at > > the > > University of Indonesia found that the mercury > > levels > > in the blood of Buyat Bay residents was between 8 > > micrograms a liter (æ/L), to 21 æ/L. > > > > Normal mercury levels in the blood of people that > do > > not eat large amounts of fish are 8 æ/L and > studies > > show that people do not suffer symptoms of mercury > > poisoning until their blood-mercury reaches levels > > as > > high as 200 æ/L, information from the U.S. Food > and > > Drug Agency says. > > > > Meanwhile, the Jakarta health office's laboratory > > test > > released on July 28, revealed the same residents > had > > blood-mercury levels of between 33.75 æ/L and > 52.50 > > æ/L. > > > > The test, however, didn't show a significant > content > > of mercury in the residents' hair and nails. > > > > Umar said the tests by the Minamata institute and > > WHO > > also examined the levels of other heavy metals in > > the > > human body and in the environment -- in fish, > water > > and sediment around the bay, which police said was > > polluted by U.S-based mining firm PT Newmont > > Minahasa > > Raya. > > > > "My competence is to only inform you about > (mercury) > > content in the human body. All I can tell you is > > that > > the levels of heavy metals are higher in Totok Bay > > than in Buyat Bay. We will release complete > details > > on > > Monday. We will be very careful about this as it > is > > a > > sensitive issue," Umar said. > > > > Buyat Bay and Totok Bay are separated by a > > two-kilometer cape. a number of people living in > > Buyat > > Pante village along the Buyat Bay have come to > > Jakarta, complaining about pollution-related > > diseases. > > However, none of residents from Ratatotok village > > along the Totok Bay have made similar complaints. > > > > An expert from Japan's National Institute for > > Minamata > > Disease, Mineshi Sakamoto, and a WHO environmental > > expert, Jan Speets, conducted research in Buyat > > Pante > > and Ratatotok villages in mid-August. > > > > They took samples of fish and water, as well as > > samples of blood, hair, and finger nail clippings > of > > residents from the two villages which was tested > in > > Japan. > > > > At the end of August, the National Police charged > PT > > Newmont Minahasa Raya, the only mining company > that > > operated there, with contaminating Buyat Bay. > > > > The charges were based on the results of a police > > laboratory test on samples of water, fish, soil > and > > sediments taken from the bay. > > > > The test concluded that the level of mercury in > the > > Buyat Bay water was 5.5 æ/L, 4 æ/L, and 3.9 æ/L > > respectively in three different locations where > > those > > samples were taken, police said. > > > > They added that the tested mercury level exceeded > > the > > standard of 1 æ/L set by Ministerial Decree No. > > 51/2004 on seawater pollution standards, the same > > minimum safety standard as set by WHO. > > > > The police are detaining five six Newmont > executives > > as suspects in the Buyat Bay pollution case but > are > > not holding the company's president director, > > Richard > > Ness, citing health concerns. > > > > Newmont has repeatedly denied all charges, while > > U.S. > > Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. 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