DOE beefs up dumpsite monitoring in Pasir Gudang after pupils fall ill

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The department will also undertake checks again in the Sungai Kim Kim area, which was the scene of chemical waste contamination in March.

Department of Environment officers checking the Pasir Gudang area for the source of air pollution causing breathing difficulties to students nearby.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Department of Environment will beef up its monitoring of an illegal dumpsite in Pasir Gudang tomorrow to aid its investigations into the actual cause of the breathing difficulties experienced by students at several schools since Thursday. DOE director Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said the department would also undertake checks again in the Sungai Kim Kim area, which was the scene of chemical waste contamination in March.

Expressing concern that “something” may have been dumped again, he said the department would be employing drones and mobile air quality monitoring units to assist its monitoring, he told Bernama when contacted today.For the moment, DOE monitoring activities are focused on the schools affected in this latest incident, as well as nearby factories.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.

 

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