Mirzam Abdurrachman
Mercury pollution is one of the big problems facing Indonesia today. Gasong et al (2017) and Bose-O�reilly et al (2016) mentioned that mushrooming small scale gold mining (PESK) in various regions in Indonesia raises negative impact on the environment. It is known, there are more than 2 million miners in more than 800 PASK points spread throughout Indonesia and producing 100 tons of gold every year. Mercury emissions produced from these activities contributed 57.5% of the total national mercury emissions. Mercury poisoning can be through inhalation, digesty, injection or absorption through the skin. The shape can be divided into 3 parts: mercury metal (also known as an element mercury), inorganic mercury, and organic mercury. Mercury that reacts with bacteria certain can form methyl mercury (MEHG) which is very toxic. Mercury pollution can affect approximately 10 km of radius from the source (Prasetia, et al., 2018). Around the city of Bandung, precisely in Bunikasih and Sukaluyu Village, Pangalengan, which is approximately 50 km from the city of Bandung, there is an illegal gold mining, which has occurred from 1993 until now. This village is located around PTPN's tea plantations. The community around the village of Bunikasih and Sukaluyu, in addition to carrying out tea and agricultural plantation activities, they also carry out illegal mining gold to meet the needs of their lives. On the basis of the background above, this research and service are planned for Identifying to where the contamination of the environment, then look for solutions to reduce the impact of the mercury environment, and the last to help the community around the village so that their needs are fulfilled from farming and gardening.
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Mercury pollution is one of the big problems facing Indonesia today. Mercury poisoning can be through inhalation, digesty, injection or absorption through the skin. Mercury that reacts with bacteria certain can form methyl mercury (MEHG) which is very toxic. This methyl mercury is the main line of mercury pollution in the world. Mercury entering West Java Bandung City to Bunikasih Bunikasih Village and The Location of AsGM () Bunikasih Village The human body can cause visual impairment, hearing and talk because it attacks the nerves of the brain (Bose-Oreilly DKK, 2016).