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. Full text English