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The Ministry of Health would be testing miners and those who work closely with mercury in the hinterland district for traces of the substance in their bodies shortly, as the National Public Health Referral Laboratory is now equipped with a US$25,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys,000 Atomic Absorption Heavy Metal Analyzer.“We have been working with the World WildLife and technicians are being trained in the National Public Health Referral Lab and at the Food and Drugs Analysis Department in the use of a heavy metal analyzer,Wholesale Jerseys China,” Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy stated.He noted that the regular chemistry analyzer in hospitals cannot measure heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic.These metals can be poisonous when there is heavy concentration in the human’s body,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, for instance, people have stopped painting their homes with paint that contains lead owing to the fatal effect.Dr. Ramsammy added that the machine has been configured and training is being executed in the testing of mercury,Wholesale Jerseys China, led, and arsenic.The reason for the mercury testing is that many miners and those involved in the gold industry utilize mercury also known as quick silver to wash gold.In recent times,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the Ministry has been encouraging the implementation of other technology in the mining of gold.“We had the ability to measure for mercury before but not in body tissue. The ability to look for mercury in human beings was not available in Guyana and specimens were sent overseas for testing which caused delays,Marlon Humphrey Jersey,” Dr. Ramsammy stated. |
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