CULTURING SECURITY SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY IN INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: Indonesia has
experiences on the lack of chemical security such as: a number of bombing
terrors and hazardous chemicals found in food. Bomb used in terror is a
homemade bomb made from chemicals which are widely spread in the research
laboratories such as a mixture of pottasium chlorate, sulphur, and alumunium.
Therefore, security of chemicals should be implemented to avoid the misused of
the chemicals. Although it has experienced many cases of the misuse of
chemicals, and many regulations and seminars related to chemical security have
been held, but the implementation of chemical security is still a new thing for
Indonesian citizens. The evident is coming from the interviews conducted in
this study. Questions asked in this interview/survey included: the
implementation of chemical safety and chemical security in laboratory; chemical
inventory system and its regulation; and training needed for chemical security
implementation. Respondents were basically a researcher from Government
Research Institutes, University laboratories, senior high school laboratories,
and service laboratories were still ambiguous in distinguishing chemical safety
and chemical security. Because of this condition, most Indonesia chemical
laboratories did not totally apply chemical security system. Education is very
important step to raise people awareness and address this problem. Law and
regulations should be sustained by all laboratory personnel activities to avoid
chemical diversion to be used for harming people and environment. The Indonesia
Government could also develop practical guidelines and standards to be applied
to all chemical laboratories in Indonesia. These acts can help Government’s
efforts to promote chemical security best practices which usually conducted by
doing seminars and workshop.
Author: Eka Dian Pusfitasari
Journal Code: jpkimiagg170022
