Analisis Risiko Kesehatan Lingkungan Pajanan Merkuri pada Masyarakat di Area Penambangan Emas tanpa Ijin (Peti) Desa Kayeli Kabupaten Buru Provinsi Maluku

Abstract

The activity of Illegal Gold Mining in Kayeli Village is done by amalgamation method. Amalgamation is a process of gold medal string from gold classifier using toxic mercury in a box called tromol (amalgamator). This research is done for predict health risk caused by mercury attack. Measurement of mercury concentrate of dug wells on 3 sample points and Polymesoda erosa shells amounting to 9 sample points and measurement anthropometric upon 67 field workers covering their weights, length and duration of the attacks. The risk of non carcinogenic Health with Risk Quotients (RQ) by dividing average non cancer food whole life food daily consumption with referent concentrate (RfD). The calculation reveals that average mercury concentrate of dug wells is 0.0005 mg/l and that average Polymesoda erosa shells amounts to 7mg/kg. Such amount of mercury concentrate and anthropometric characteristic of whole life food daily consumption of the people living around the village of illegal gold mining areas do not indicate that there is any health risk to the respondents, if the concentrate calculation is done for the period of 15 years, it can be estimated that mercury concentrate has the risk of (RQ>1) that is 1.173 for the prople in the village. Whereas Polymesoda erosa shells for non carcinogenic health risk is indicated (RQ>1) that is 14.404. It was concluded that the non carcinogenic health risk at concentration of dug wells would be at risk if the attack is up to 30 years, meanwhile in Polymesoda erosa shells, non carcinogenic health risk has exceeded the allowed limit