Particulate matter or PM 2.5, the most dangerous pollutant, Budi Gunadi: can enter blood vessels
TIME.CO, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin revealed the danger of pollutants containing particulate matter or PM 2.5, which have set maximum limits in the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.
The Health Minister revealed that WHO divides the types of pollutants into two parts, which consist of four gaseous pollutants consisting of ozone, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur oxides (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) and two pollutants in the form of PM 2.5 particles measuring 2.5 microns and PM 10 measuring 10 microns.
“The most dangerous is PM 2.5 because it is in the form of very small particles, it can enter the blood vessels, go down to the lungs”, he said during the working meeting of the IX DPR-RI commission which was attended online in Jakarta on Wednesday. , August 30, 2023.
Health Minister Budi said PM 2.5 is a type of particulate matter that is a reference for measurement by all countries with high air pollution in the world.
He said PM 2.5 comes from the burning of carbon, such as gasoline as a transport fuel, from steam-fired power plants (PLTUs), from industries that require combustion such as steel foundries, to the burning of waste.
“WHO gives the target, and the target is calculated on levels per 24 hours and levels per year, so it measures the average per year and per day,” he said.
Previously, Health Minister Budi said, the WHO had set the maximum limit for PM 2.5 air pollution at an average rate of 55 micron grams per cubic meter (μg/m³) for 24 hours and 15 μg/m³ per year.
But now, he continued, WHO has just lowered the limit to an average of 15 micrograms per cubic meter in 24 hours and 5 micrograms per cubic meter per year.
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Jakarta’s air pollution poses a health hazard
Health Minister Budi revealed that Jakarta, currently suffering from air pollution problems, has never been below this number in the past three years.
“And all the countries haven’t changed their regulations (regarding air pollution),” he said.
This event, he said, is closely related to the increase in a number of respiratory diseases that pose a burden to BPJS Health such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, ISPA, asthma, COPD and lung cancer.
As Health Minister Budi stated earlier, many of these diseases eat up the budget BPJS up to IDR 10 trillion in 2022.
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