Behavioural change has seen mercury levels dropping in persons living in the hinterland communities of Isseneru, Micobie and Gunn’s Strip, according to a study by the Guyana Environmental Capacity Development Project (GENCAPD).
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded GENCAPD wraps up its work here and scientific consultant Richard Couture unveiled the results of the study at a final meeting with stakeholders at the CIDA building on Main Street yesterday. The assessment was undertaken over the past ten years in three areas: Gunn’s Strip in the South Rupununi (a non-mining area),
