Outcome Study Results, DKI Provincial Government Admits Paracetamol Content Is Still Contaminating Jakarta Bay

JAKARTA - Head of the Environment Agency Asep Kuswanto said that his party had completed a study on the content of paracetamol that polluted Jakarta Bay.

After the uproar over the finding of paracetamol content whose samples were taken in 2017, DKI took samples of Jakarta's seawater again on 2 October.

After completing the study, Asep said that currently the paracetamol content was still contaminating the sea water of Teuk Jakarta. However, not as many as the findings of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in 2017.

"Our study has been completed for the paracetamol. Indeed, the value we get is not as big as what is available or released by BRIN. But the content is around 200 nanograms. The BRIN is around 600 nanograms," said Asep at City Hall, Monday, October 25. .

Asep admitted that the pollution of paracetamol in the sea in the capital city, in a way, will surely have consequences for the surrounding ecosystem.

Therefore, the Department of Environment is conducting an investigation to investigate the source of the pollution. It is strongly suspected that the contamination of the paracetamol content was carried out by a pharmaceutical company.

"We are currently conducting an investigation. Hopefully, when the results of the investigation can be completed, we will take action against the polluting companies," he explained.

Some time ago, residents of the capital city were shocked by the finding that seawater in Jakarta Bay contained paracetamol.

This finding is the result of research from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the University of Brighton UK in 2017, regarding the quality of sea water in several sites dominated by waste disposal.

The results of the study were published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin entitled High concentrations of paracetamol in effluent dominated waters of Jakarta Bay, Indonesia in August 2021. Ciliwung Ancol (420 ng/L), both in Jakarta Bay.