IMPACT OF LEAD RISK (Pb) DUE TO CABBAGE CONSUMPTION ON THE COMMUNITY OF SUBAN AYAM VILLAGE, REJANG LEBONG DISTRICT, 2022

Abstract

The use of pesticides in the process of growing vegetables can cause the presence of heavy metals such as lead that can have an impact on people’s health. This study aims to analyze carcinogenic health risks as one of the impacts of lead contamination on cabbage. This research was conducted using quantitative methods and environmental health risk analysis (ARKL). The sample used the Purposive Sampling method which consisted of 96 community respondents and 10 cabbage samples taken using the Random Sampling method and will be analyzed at the Palembang Health Laboratory Center. The results of the analysis of lead content in cabbage showed an average of 0.0458 mg/kg. The Result also found that respondents from Suban Ayam Village had an average ECR lifetime of 0.000229 or an ECR value > 10-4. This shows that the consumption of lead-contaminated cabbage in Suban Ayam Village have risk of carcinogenic disease. Risk forecasts for the next 30 years show that the average ECR value is 4.128E-04 or ECR > 10-4. Based on the results of the analysis showing that the carcinogenic risk characteristics of lead exceed the threshold, risk management is needed by reducing the use of chemical pesticides containing active ingredients and heavy metals to reduce the residual lead levels of pesticides in cabbage to a predetermined safe limit. In addition, risk management can be carried out by reducing the intake rate of cabbage by reducing consumption of cabbage and being able to vary it with other types of vegetables while maintaining the cleanliness of vegetables before consumption.