Identification Of Mercury Levels in The Urine of Gold Processing Workers in Krueng Sabee Aceh Jaya District

Lensoni .; M. Adlim; H Kamil; T Karma; Suhendrayatna .

doi:10.61707/th0shg38

Authors

Lensoni . Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Abulyatama University, Aceh Besar 23372, Indonesia
M. Adlim Department of Chemistry, FKIP, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia
H Kamil Department of Management Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia
T Karma Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Abulyatama University 23372, Indonesia
Suhendrayatna . Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61707/th0shg38

Keywords:

Urine, Workers, Gold, Mercury, Mine, Krueng

Abstract

Teknik amalgamation by involving mercury in the gold processing process is still widely used by gold miners in Indonesia, such as those in Paya Seumantok Village, Krueng Sabee District, Aceh Jaya Regency, so that it has the potential to threaten the health of workers. Therefore, in this study, mercury levels in the urine of workers at the gold processing plant in Paya Seumantok Village were identified. The sample in this study was the urine of all workers at the gold processing site, totaling 10 workers, the Analysis of mercury levels in the urine was carried out using the AAS instrument. Based on the Analysis results from 10 urine samples, 3 samples did not detect the presence of mercury, while the other 7 samples were identified as mercury. The average mercury content contained in the urine of gold processing workers is 5.80 μg / L, the minimum concentration of mercury in the urine of the people who have been successfully detected is 0.00 μg / L. In comparison, the maximum or highest concentration is 33.88 μg / L. Average mercury content in worker urine does not exceed the threshold based on the threshold value set by Human Biomonitoring (HBM) of 7 μg /L, however, from the results of the Analysis, several samples of worker urine had a urine content exceeding the threshold.