A survey of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb) in drinking water at small and very small houses was conducted in Jakarta, Bogor, Tanggerang and Bekasi (Jabotebek), in 1992. The purpose of this study was to get information about water quality and environmental condition of water sources at low cost housing and very low cost housing in Jabotabek. Forty to sixty samples were taken from each location and an…
A case-control study was done in Indramayu, West Java, about the association between housing characteristics, indoor air pollution and childhood Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI)-pneumonia. Using the Respirable Suspended Particulate (RSP), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (SO), formaldehyde (HCHO) and amonia (NH3) as determinants of indoor air pollutants, mites as …
Total suspended particulate matter (TSP), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have been monitored at Rawasari district and industrial area Pulogadung in Jakarta as part of the Global Envirommental Monitoring System (GEMS/WHO) Air Network since 1978. This study reports the yearly trend of TSP, SO2, NO2 during 1986-1995, and water soluble sulfate and nitrate content in particulate du…