Tinjauan Kebijakan Pestisida Rumah Tangga

Household insecticide was widely and repeatedly used in a closed room in the community, despite of the potential accumulation of its hazard to human health and the environment. The control of all pesticides (household, as well as agricultural pesticides), i.e. registration for licensed certificate, licensed renewal, and evaluation of the safety was conducted and supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health is also conducted the same activities on household pesticides, so there are a doubling-up in the regulation systems which might be inefficient. However. since was catagorized as a household health hazard, household pesticides should be exactly the subject to be controlled by the Ministry of Health through the Directorate General of Pharmaceutical Services and Medical Devices, particularly for its safety and product license for marketing, while other pesticide used in agriculture was remained to be under control ofthe Ministry of Agriculure. This article describes discourses and alternative inputs on household insecticide policy for the optimum control of the household pesticides