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Risk analysis toxic materials borax and rhodamine- B in snack against primary school children's health in housing area of Tamalanrea permai Makassar
Kurniawan A.V.
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Abstract
This research aimed to investigate the risks of borax toxic materials and rhodamine-B in snack against the health of the Primary School Pupils in Perumahan Bumi Tamalanrea Permai Makassar.The research type was an observational research with the design of the Environment Health Risk Analysis (EHRA). The samples of the subjects comprised 107 pupils and the samples of objects comprised 7 types of traditional snack. The data collection was carried out with examining the samples in laboratory and through interviews and the direct measurement or respondents.The research results indicated that the snack sold in the area of SD Inpres Tamalanrea I and SD Inpres Tamalanrea V was free of borax. However, some of the snack sold in the area of SD Inpres Tamalanrea I and SD Inpres Tamalanrea V still contained Rhodamine-B, such as doger ice (0,5840 mg/L) and print ice (24,587 mg/L) taken from SD Inpres Tamalanrea I, and crackers (58,534 mg/L) taken from SD Inpres Tamalanrea V. The primary school pupils who had the highest intake were those pupils who consumed crackers containing Rhodamine-B from SD Inpres Tamalanrea V, which was 7,839 mg/kg/day, while the pupils who had the lowest intake were the pupils who cosumed doger ice containing borax from SD Inpres Tamalnrea I, which was 0,2067 mg/kg/day. Based on the result of the RQ calculation, the Rhodamine-B content in the snack against the health of the primary school pupils in Perumahan Bumi Tamalanrea Permai indicated that each of the samples containing the Rhodamine-B had the RQ value > 1. Meaning it had a risk against the children who consumed it..