Jakarta's Air Quality Is The Worst Diversity Position In The World Monday Morning
JAKARTA - Air quality in Jakarta on Monday morning, July 15 is categorized as unhealthy and occupies the fifth position as the city with the worst air in the world. Quoted from ANTARA, based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 05.30 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 155 or falls into the unhealthy category with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 61 micrograms per cubic meter. The concentration is equivalent to 12.2 times the annual air quality guidance value of the world health organization (WHO).PM 2.5 is a small air particle of 2.5 micron (micrometer). Unhealthy category, namely its air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups because it can harm sensitive humans or animal groups or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of more than 100. The medium category is its air quality that does not affect human health or animals but affects sensitive plants and aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 51-100. The category is good namely the level of air quality that does not provide an effect on the health of humans or animals and has no effect on plants, buildings or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 0-50. Then, the category is very unhealthy with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or its air quality can harm health in a number of exposed population segments. Lastly, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can seriously harm the health of the population. The city with worst-order air quality is Lahore, Pakistan at 198; second order of Kinshasa, Congo in the number 186; third order Dubai, United Arab Emirate in the number 1669; fourth order Shanghai, China in the number 161; and fifth order Jakarta, Indonesia in the number 155.
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Previously, the Head of DKI DLH Asep Kuswanto said that the equipment used to monitor air quality had been tested and had entered the Indonesian National Standard (SNI), such as SNI 9178:2023 which is the standard for testing the performance of air quality monitoring tools using low-cost sensors. This standard, Asep continued, ensures that air quality monitoring tools meet the criteria needed to produce accurate and consistent data.