Pada tahun-tahun terakhir ini beberapa air sungai di wilayah Kalimantan Timur dilaporkan telah tercemar oleh logamberat jenis merkuri(Hg). Sungai salah satu sumber air baku PDAM, selain itu sungai juga dipergunakan untuk keperluan sehari-hari seperti mandi, cuci dan masak. Hasil pantauan Badan Lingkungan Hidup daerah Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara pada air baku, daeah aliran sungai, sedimen (lumpu…
Increasing traditional gold mining activities can cause environmental pollution and affected the public health. So that, the study was needed in order to assess the determinants that influenced Hg exposure biomarker of population working in or living near gold mining and processing in Gunung MasDistrict, Central Kalimantan. Subjects in cross sectional study were 112 traditional miners and 112 l…