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A total of 494 cardboard boxes, weighing 5.7 tonnes, of shrimp contaminated by Cesium 137 radioactive were destroyed.

Workers at a dangerous and toxic waste disposal site operated by PT Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (PPLi) prepare cardboard boxes of shrimp to be incinerated on Nov. 15 at the firm's facility in Nambo village, Klapanunggal district, Bogor regency, West Java. A total of 494 cardboard boxes, or 5.7 tonnes, of contaminated shrimp were destroyed. (JP/Theresia Sufa)

Indonesian authorities recently destroyed 5.7 tonnes of shrimp contaminated with Cesium 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.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 Cesium 137 contamination on Indonesian shrimp products from Cikande, Serang regency, Banten.