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Fossil fuel emissions can worsen asthma, say experts

By Soon Li Wei KUALA LUMPUR: Bank officer Siti Suriani Ahmad tends to have an asthma flare-up whenever she travels long distances by road. “I shouldn’t be stuck in a vehicle for more than three hours, otherwise I will end up having shortness of breath caused by the exhaust fumes I inhale,” she said. Recalling […]

No activity outside classroom if API exceeds 100 

PUTRAJAYA: Learning institutions under the Ministry of Education (MoE) have been instructed to take preventive measures to deal with the hot weather and hazy condition,  including suspending all activities outside the classroom if the weather is too hot. The MoE,  in a statement today, said that for areas with Air Pollution Index (API) readings of […]

41 compounds issued to vehicle owners

EXCESSIVE SMOKE EMISSION SERIAN: As of January, the Department of Environment (DoE) has issued 41 compounds to owners whose vehicles exceeded the black smoke emission standards set under the Environmental Quality Regulations (Emissions Control From Diesel Engine) 1996. Sarawak DoE director Hamzah Mohamad explained that  the department had conducted 15 integrated enforcement operations on black […]

No open burning, advises Bomba

MIRI: The public have been advised not to do open burning during the current hot and dry weather. Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 chief Supt Law Poh Kiong said this was to prevent air pollution. “So far, we have yet to detect any hotspots in Miri, but our men, together with other […]

Sydney smoke crisis longest on record

SYDNEY: Australian bush fires have caused unprecedented pollution in Sydney and along the country’s east coast, officials said yesterday, with smoke and dust burning residents’ eyes and prompting a spike in respiratory complaints. Hundreds of bushfires have burned out of control since September up and down the eastern seaboard, blanketing cities from Sydney to Brisbane […]