{"id":32935,"date":"2021-06-09T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T03:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/09\/jakarata-river-foam-cause-indonesia-marunda"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T03:31:34","slug":"troubled-waters-whats-causing-the-mystery-foam-in-a-jakarta-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=32935","title":{"rendered":"Troubled waters: what\u2019s causing the mystery foam in a Jakarta canal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The froth has spilled out of a canal in Marunda repeatedly over recent years, but the exact cause is unknown<\/p>\n<p>A blanket of thick, snow-like foam covers the surface of a canal in Indonesia\u2019s capital, Jakarta. The froth has exuded from the waters of the east flood canal in Marunda repeatedly over recent years, usually in the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>Similar pollution has plagued waters in India, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/04\/delhi-residents-engulfed-in-pollution-blame-authorities-for-inaction\">Delhi\u2019s sacred Yamuna River,<\/a> which has been coated in toxic froth caused by untreated waste, chemicals and pollutants.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/09\/jakarata-river-foam-cause-indonesia-marunda\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The froth has spilled out of a canal in Marunda repeatedly over recent years, but the exact cause is unknownA blanket of thick, snow-like foam covers the surface of a canal in Indonesia\u2019s capital, Jakarta. The froth has exuded from the waters of the ea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":860,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,65,156,972],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-environment","category-indonesia","category-rivers"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32936,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32935\/revisions\/32936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}