by Szalma Fatimarahma - Bisnis.com
DKI Jakarta is again the city with the worst air quality in the world, based on data released by the air monitoring site IAQir on Saturday, July 2, 2022.
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| Vehicles pass against the background of a high-rise building that looks foggy on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, Wednesday (22/6/2022). According to data from the website of the air quality agency IQAir, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 until 11.00 WIB, the air pollution index in the capital city was at 160 and was in the unhealthy category. (BETWEEN PHOTOS/Sigid Kurniawan - cellphone). |
Bisnis.com, JAKARTA - Again experiencing a decline in quality, the air in DKI Jakarta again occupies the top position in the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world on Saturday (2/7/2022) afternoon.
Based on data from the IQAir air monitoring site, at exactly 13:56 WIB, DKI Jakarta's air quality was in the red zone with an air quality index of 166, which previously reached 173 in the morning. Even though it already has a lower quality index, Jakarta's air quality during the day still indicates unhealthy conditions for all groups.
As for the list, there are two other cities that are also in the red zone, namely Lima, Peru (152) and Lahore, Pakistan (152). Quoted from IQAir, it is known that the concentration of PM2.5 or air particles in Jakarta currently represents a figure that is 16.9 times above the World Health Organization (WHO) annual air quality guide value.
For your information, PM2.5 is one type of particulate matter (PM) which is a pollutant, which consists of various complex mixtures of particles such as smoke, dust, dirt, and liquids found in the air in small sizes. Read
Based on data released by WHO, PM2.5 is known to cause various types of respiratory tract disorders such as lung cancer, acute respiratory infections (ARI), and cardiovascular.
Meanwhile, it is known that the air in Jakarta has decreased in quality and indicates unhealthy conditions since Tuesday, June 14, 2022, with the air quality index even reaching 199 in the morning.
