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 (�/g) or around > one-twentieth of the dangerous level of 50 �/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 (�/L), to 21 �/L. > > Normal mercury levels in the blood of people that do > not eat large amounts of fish are 8 �/L and studies > show that people do not suffer symptoms of mercury > poisoning until their blood-mercury reaches levels > as > high as 200 �/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 �/L and 52.50 > �/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 �/L, 4 �/L, and 3.9 �/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 �/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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