JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency, Syaripudin, said that the DKI Provincial Government and the central government, in this case the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), will form a working team.
This team, said Syaripudin, will investigate the source of the paracetamol content that pollutes seawater in Jakarta Bay.
"We will test it. Later, a working team will be formed, the plan is for sources that pollute the environment," Syaripudin told reporters, Wednesday, October 6.
Syaripudin said, KLHK will be the coach in this work team. Meanwhile, the DKI Provincial Government is in the position of a member.
Currently, the DKI Provincial Government has sampled Jakarta Bay seawater at four points on Saturday, October 2. This was done to respond to the results of research on paracetamol content conducted by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).
The Department of Environment wants to make sure the sea water is still polluted. Considering that the research sample on the content of paracetamol was carried out in 2017.
"When there is information like this, of course, we have to prove and conduct a test of seawater samples taken to the DKI Jakarta Labkesda. The results will only be submitted in two weeks, whether there is a high level of paracetamol in it," said Syaripudin. The city was shocked by the finding that seawater in Jakarta Bay contained paracetamol. This finding is the result of research from BRIN and the University of Brighton UK releasing the quality of sea water at 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.
The results showed that some paracetamol was detected at two sites, namely the Angke river estuary (610 ng/L) and the Ciliwung Ancol river estuary (420 ng/L), both in Jakarta Bay.
Oceanographic researcher from the National Research and Technology Agency (BRIN) Wulan Koagouw explained the reason his party chose to examine the content of paracetamol.
Departing from the fact, paracetamol is one of the drugs that are sold freely in Indonesia without the need for a doctor's prescription. Wulan said, in 2017, Jakarta was one of the cities in the world with a high level of paracetamol consumption.
"Actually, the reason is simple. So, I want to know in Indonesia, whether it was detected. I was just curious, I wanted to know whether paracetamol was detected or not, it was detected," said Wulan.
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