Air Pollution In Malaysia Journal

For the past 5 years emissions from mobile sources i e motor vehicles have been the major source of air pollution contributing to at least 70 75 of the total air pollution.

Air pollution in malaysia journal. Traffic is a major contributor to air pollution. This study presents a cross sectional survey conducted in the. As in many nations air pollution linked to rapid industrialization is a public health and environmental concern in malaysia especially in cities. Malaysia is a developing country with a focus on industrialization.

Review of air pollution in malaysia is based on the reports of the air quality monitoring in several large cities in malaysia which cover air pollutants such as carbon monoxide co sulphur dioxide so 2 nitrogen dioxide no 2 ozone o 3 and suspended particulate matter spm. Correlational study of air pollution related diseases asthma conjunctivitis urti and dengue in johor bahru malaysia four pollution related diseases namely asthma conjunctivitis urti and dengue will be studied in terms of their trend behaviour and association with influential factors such as air pollution and climate variables. In 2017 326 summonses were issued for black smoke emission nearly all trucks and buses. Malaysia have the highest air pollution index api reading i n the year 1997 2005 and 2013 whereas in fact the emitted of carbon dioxide co 2 of indonesia were ranking high in world record in.

Growing evidence for the impacts of air pollution in malaysia on health related to respiratory organs e g. Also being significant sources of air pollution. The three major sources of air pollution in malaysia are mobile sources stationary sources and open burning sources. Realtime air pollutant index readings for malaysia can be obtained from this website.

Air quality monitoring is part of the initial strategy in the pollution prevention program in malaysia. Universiti kebangsaan malaysia atmospheric chemistry and pollution expert prof dr mohd talib latif said increasing industrialisation has caused air pollutants to spike over time. Control association 26 1 1. Journal of the air pollution.

Furthermore during haze episodes a positive correlation has been observed between pollution levels and increases of asthma acute respiratory infection and conjunctivi tis outpatient visits in several states 11.