When the River is Contaminated
Sekonyer River is the west boundary of the Tanjung Puting National Park where we work and recently we discovered that some of the fish from this river were contaminated with mercury, the level were above the WHO recomendation, while fish takes big part in the local people’s meal.
we have submitted an article regarding this contamination to the local newspaper “Kalteng Post” and they published it. It is in Bahasa Indonesia, if you are interested to read it you can find it online in the KALTENG POS ONLINE
http://www.kaltengpos.com/berita/index.asp?Berita=Opini&id=20679
or if you want to know more you can contact us or direct to Yenny Fildayani
