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Instruction of the Minister of Health No. 778/Menkes/Inst/VII/1999 RE Monitoring of Environmental Quality.

Country/Territory
Indonesia
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Warta Cafi No. 11, 8 February 2000, pp. 19-20.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Food & nutrition, Mineral resources
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Pollution control Residues Cereals/grains/rice Food quality control/food safety Agricultural commodities Soil pollution/quality
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Instruction enforces the provisions for envronmental quality monitoring for water, soil, air and crops in order to assess eventual residues of heavy metal that could affect the health of miners, mining industries personnel and fishermen. Controls on air, water and soil shall be performed every three months, while analysis for detection of metal contents on blood, urine and breast milk shall be performed every six months.

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