#air quality

Collection of air quality news, found 393 news.

Minister outlines PM 2.5 threats as written in WHO guidelines

- while the second pollutant is in the form of PM 2.5 that are particles with a diameter of less than or equal to 2.5 ...

Ministry uses IHME data for air pollution impact analysis

The Indonesian Health Ministry utilizes data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) as a reference ...

Jokowi: Joint effort needed to overcome air pollution in Jabodetabek

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has underscored the need for joint effort to overcome air pollution in the ...

ASEAN Summit: Minister Uno to invite delegates to visit Yogyakarta

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno will invite delegates attending the 43rd ASEAN Summit to ...

Govt presses for implementing movement to prevent air pollution impact

The Indonesian Health Ministry urged the public to implement the movement to prevent the impact of air pollution that ...

Wear masks to prevent pollution-related diseases : Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked Indonesians to wear masks outdoors to prevent respiratory diseases caused ...

KPAI calls for screening children's health as air quality worsens

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has underlined the need for screening the health of children in ...

Agency prescribes spraying water from buildings to curb pollution

Head of the Jakarta Environment Agency, Asep Kuswanto, has asked high-rise building managements in the capital to ...

WFH policy devised for ASEAN Summit, not pollution control: minister

The issuance of a circular letter on the temporary adoption of the work-from-home (WFH) policy is aimed at making the ...

Cement industry not a source of Jakarta's air pollution: Ministry

The Industry Ministry has denied accusations that the cement industry's operations in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) ...

Need to expedite building cheap, safe, integrated mass transport: MPR

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has called for the acceleration of ...

Ministry forms respiratory disease, air pollution control committee

The Ministry of Health has formed the Committee for Respiratory Disease and Air Pollution Control as a response to the ...

Operation of LRT modernizes public transportation: Minister Sumadi

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi stated that the operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) equipped with ...

Public should switch to LRT to improve air quality: Minister

- PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), PT Industri Kereta Api (INKA), and Adhi Karya -- is automatically run by an operation ...

Health centers asked to routinely measure air quality in Jakarta

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked all community health centers (puskesmas) in Jakarta to routinely measure ...