The issue of mercury in the area has rarely been discussed by the media and the general public, yet authorities have been aware of it for several years. Between November 2014 and October 2015, the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (CENSOPAS), part of the Ministry of Health, collected urine samples from some Nahua community members on four separate occasions. Investigators discovered high concentrations of mercury in the samples each time, especially in children under 12 years old. Ultimately, 78 percent of the samples contained high mercury levels, according to the ministry’s 2017 report on the investigation, “An Analysis of the Health Situation in the Nahua Community of Santa Rosa de Serjali in the RTKNN.”
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