The Unhealthy Air Pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia - By Kiana William Ng

Pollution is a huge problem to the environment. There are many types of pollution that we might see or hear everyday, many of the pollutions can harm us too. Even though the world has a lot of pollutions, I'll be explaining about some common pollutions you might hear. The 4 common pollutions we all might know are water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution, and sound pollution: 

Water pollution is produced when water sources are polluted by trash, toxic chemicals, and other things that can make water dirty and unsafe to use. This is usually caused by people disposing things in the wrong places. Water with very low and very high pH isn't safe to use. The perfect pH that is safe to use is between 6.5 - 7.5, anything lower or higher isn't good to use, if you did use the water that's lower or higher than the pH you're supposed to use, you might get sick. 

Soil pollution is produced when harmful chemicals are spread in the soil. This is usually caused when farmers want to make their plants grow better/ have better results, in order to do that, they'll use fertilizers/ put chemicals into the soil. This can cause other plants to die because it can't adjust to the chemicals people use. This can also cause sickness to people because of how toxic the soil is, it can cause irritation and ingestion problems. 

Sound pollution is produced when any unwanted or disturbing noises is affecting the health of people. The sounds usually came from machines, vibration, or people talking loudly. This can cause health problems because of how loud the sound is that we hear. It can cause high blood pressure, sleep disturbance, stress, and heart disease. 

Air pollution is produced when harmful substances are released into the air, making the air unclean. It's usually caused by smoke that comes out of vehicles and burning things. As the unclean air roams around and us breathing it on a daily basis, it can cause problems for our health. The health problems can include hard of breathing and lung cancer. It can also affect the habitats of animals and plants.

The pollution I'll be talking about is air pollution that is in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2020, Indonesia was in 9th place for having unhealthy air quality/ being the most polluted country. It's surprising to know how Indonesia is in the top 10 counties to have bad air quality. Indonesia's government wants to take action to this problem which is great. Hopefully Indonesia will have a safe air quality in the future so we can live a safer and healthier lifestyle. Without a change towards air pollution, it'll get worse and worse over the years.

Air pollution is produced by many causes. Many of the causes are produced by people, which is horrible. Without anyone stopping people causing air pollution, the worse it'll get. The most common causes are forest fires, usage of motor vehicles, and burning garbage. Realize how these causes creates smoke, with the smoke roaming the air, it causes air pollution easily. Let's see what these causes can cause a or pollution:

Forest fires occurs in different ways. It can happen when temperature of the place gets too high. As the temperature gets higher, the more heat it'll produce, causing a fire. People starting fire near/ in forests can also cause forest fires. The fire people make can spread with dry plants catching on fire. When these causes happen near or in forests, the fire could spread all around the place, causing a forest fire. With the smoke from the forest fire, it'll be released into the air and causing air pollution. 

Usage of motor vehicles is one of the biggest causes of air pollution because of the amount of people using them. The smoke that came out of the vehicle is the cause. The smoke contains some pollutants that could harm the environment if used too much. The more motorized vehicles we use, the more polluted the place will be. It could cause serious harm to people; it can cause sickness like cancer and heart problems to people. 

Burning things like garbage is a very obvious reason why it can cause air pollution. If you burn trash, it creates smoke. The smoke might be toxic, depending what trash you burn, then smoke gets released into the air, creating air pollution. The smoke will spread everywhere if you burn things at an open place like your backyard or front yard. With all the unclean air roaming around and us breathing it everyday, it may cause sickness and difficulty of breathing especially people with asthma which may cause death.  

The impact of air pollution can cause sickness like hard of breathing, it's easy to get sick with air pollution especially for people who have asthma or having trouble breathing well. This happens because of how unhealthy the air quality is, making our lungs weaker. Many people in Jakarta complain about the air pollution making them sick/ hard to breathe, especially when it effects their kids, which I definitely can't blame. Even though people in Jakarta complain about the unhealthy air quality, the one who started it all was people, they're their own reason they're sick.