Jakarta, which has a population of over 10 million, registers unhealthy air pollution levels nearly every day, according to IQAir.
Resident Rizky Putra lamented that the worsening air quality was putting his children's health at risk.
The court at the time ruled President Joko Widodo must establish national air quality standards to protect human health, and the health minister and Jakarta governor must devise strategies to control air pollution. "We take more than 20,000 breaths a day. If we take in polluted air every day, respiratory and pulmonary diseases, even asthma. It can affect cognitive development of children or even mental health," he said.
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