Kompas Pagi
Air pollution causes various health problems, such as asthma, lung cancer, stroke, heart
disease, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases. It doesn’t stop there. One study in
China published by the Environmental International Journal in 2021 explained an
increase in infertility in areas with an average PM 2.5 concentration of 56.8 micrograms
per cubic meter.
This Kompas TV coverage tries to explore the impact of air pollution on women through
the experience of Ruth Dio (26 years old), a mother who works as a private television
reporter, about the miscarriage she experienced in 2022. Dio’s daily life spent in open
spaces was suspected to be the cause of her miscarriage, based on the diagnosis by
the gynecologist she met.
Kompas TV collected several views to corroborate the diagnosis of the obstetrician Dio
met. Cepi Teguh Pramayadi, an obstetrician at Primaya Evasari Hospital in Central
Jakarta, explained how air pollution could impact the female reproductive system.
However, Cepi added that research on the impact of air pollution on women’s
reproduction still needs to be improved, and unfortunate for the medical and research
community. The high cost of research and the publication costs that researchers must
bear are the causes of the lack of research on the impact of air pollution.
Regarding policy, the Director General of Air Pollution Control of the Ministry of
Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Luckmi Purwandari, claims their efforts to control air
pollution from mobile and stationary sources have reduced Jakarta’s air pollution.
However, climate change factors that affect the dry season to be longer or the rainy
season to be reduced make air pollution float and increase pollutant concentrations that
are still high.
