PETALING JAYA: While water and food samples taken at the bauxite mining area in Kuantan are found to be still safe for consumption, the Health Ministry will increase the frequency of its monitoring for heavy metal parameters.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said its state department had been monitoring the health effects from bauxite mining on the community.
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