The cleaning and sanitising of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and its environs, to rid the area of mercury residue, is expected to start before the end of the week, Head of the Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GWU) says.
Gregory Gaspar, giving an update on the situation regarding GGMC workers, who have boycotted the workplace in protest at the unsafe environment created at their Brickdam office as a result of high levels of mercury residue, explained that while work has not resumed, the Commission has made significant progress in procuring materials and chemicals for the cleanup.
Gaspar said that according to what has been relayed to him, the GGMC has so far been able to procure the specific chemicals that are needed for the cleanup, which he said is expected to start by the end of the week.
