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Background
After allegations were made concerning pollution in Buyat Bay, Newmont asked a credible outside scientific organization (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization - CSIRO) to conduct testing and analysis of water and fish conditions, with a focus on levels of arsenic and mercury. In addition, Indonesian Government officials conducted two rounds of tests: one survey was conducted by the North Sulawesi Independent Team and another survey by the Integrated Team established by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment.
Results of the fish samples from all the studies also demonstrate that arsenic and mercury content are well below international standards such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Australian Food Standard. The average mercury concentration in Buyat Bay fish is within the natural range for fish in the open ocean (University of London Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre) and no different to fish caught anywhere in the world.
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