Workers at a dangerous and toxic waste disposal site operated by PT Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri preparing cardboard boxes of shrimp to be incinerated at the firm's facility in Bogor on Nov 15, 2025. - JP
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities recently destroyed 5.7 tonnes of shrimp contaminated with Caesium 137. The shrimp were disposed at a dangerous and toxic waste disposal site operated by PT Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (PPLi) in Nambo village Klapanunggal district, Bogor regency, West Java, on Saturday (Nov 15).
The Environment Ministry’s deputy for pollution and environmental damage control (PPKL) Rasio Ridho Sani said destroying the contaminated shrimp was conducted after the United States Food and Drug Agency (FDA) found radioactive Caesium 137 contamination on Indonesian shrimp products from Cikande, Serang regency, Banten.
