ASBESTOS IN INDONESIA

(AMINAH MAHMUDDEPARTMENT OF MANPOWER AND TRANSMIGRATION, INDONESIA)

1. GLOBAL ISSUE OF ASBESTOS, INDONESIA STILL PRIORITY TO ECONOMIC REASONS THAN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH.
- SINCE 1959 INDONESIA USE CHRYSOTILE CONTAINING MATERIALS, NEVERTHELESS UNTILL NOW NEVER FOUND HAZARDOUS TO HEALTHY CAUSE OF ASBESTOS.􀁺ECONOMIC REASONS OF ITS USAGE IN INDONESIA
- AS REPORT FROM PERSAHABATAN ‘S HOSPITAL, A LOT OF LUNG CANCER CASES AND MESOTHELIOMA, BUT NO ONES RELATED TO ASBESTOS.
- IN INDONESIA THERE ARE 26 INDUSTRIALS WITH ABOUT 7.000 EMPLOYEES WHO FINISHED PRODUCT CONTAINING CHRYSOTILE MATERIALS.
- STILL NO DATA OR REPORTED ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE CAUSED BY ASBESTOS.