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content of alumina. And before going to the
Fund they drank a bottle of alumina and when
the analysis were made obviously the volumen
was high.
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It is indicated that during a visit to the
clinic of the State Insurance Fund it was heard
when one patient said to another to drink a lot
of antiacid so that the level of alumina would
be high in the tests. On verifying who they
were it resulted to be an employee of the group
from Cayay. And only in the regions of the
Authority where they only indicated
contamination with alumina it was in the region
of Cayey, not in any other region of the
Aqueducts & Sewers Authority.
The aluminium is excreted through the body
through the urine in an average time of ninety
days. Thus, the hypothesis that there could be
an exposure through the use of the urine is
discarded. It is indicated that they have said
there exists the possibility that they are
contaminated on having tanks of clorine in the
truck and tied with chains, since the paint of
aluminum of the tank comes off and it forms an