While most urine samples collected from about 200 people in Huepetuhe last year showed mercury levels
below the World
Health Organization limit for
occupational exposure, a few were extremely high, according to Dr. Jonh Astete, who coordinated the study by Peru's National Institute of
Health.
To qualify for the S.T.A.R.T. distinction, a business must earn a total recordable incident rate
below Occupational Safety and
Health Administration's average rate in its North American Industry Classification System or NAICS.