Overview
- County officials reported that measurements in living spaces and entrance areas, plus additional air checks, detected no mercury when residents adhere to current cordons.
- The state environment office conducted further soil sampling, and a mobile CBRN laboratory was requested to perform targeted indoor measurements.
- Authorities said about one tonne of removed sediment and stones contained an estimated 200 to 300 milliliters of elemental mercury.
- Residents have been asked to submit urine samples for analysis by the consumer protection authority, with results expected in roughly two weeks.
- Police have begun an investigation into the source as local leaders decline to speculate, while the cordoned site remains under guard and community groups fault communication and access control.