11 October 2019

An expert in chemical contamination has called test results from the Ramu nickel spill into Papua New Guinea's Basamuk Bay in August "alarming,"....

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Environmental remediation expert Alex Mojon [said] "I have to tell you that it's alarming ... there is evidence that Ramu Nico is not managing their waste and that is a fact. I have obtained the results from the laboratory from Germany ... I am shocked,"....

All of the 28 samples tested were found to have toxic levels of heavy metals contamination, the EMTV report said, citing Mojon.

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A spokesman for Ramu Nickel did not have an immediate comment while a call to MCC went unanswered. But an executive...said that company management was "extremely concerned" about the incident and that it would address compensation once its investigation was complete.

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...Mojon said that some of the spillage had not dispersed and that local residents had complained of smoke from the plant that irritated their skin and eyes.

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