AiR pOllutiOn..

Current environmental issues in Malaysia are; air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from the Indonesian forest fires.



The air quality in Malaysia remained at good to moderate levels as indicated by the Air Pollution Index. However, there were instances of air quality deterioration especially in the urban areas.





The major cause of this problem was usually increased concentration of ambient ozone levels and particulate matters from motor vehicles, sulphur dioxide from industrial activities and open burning activities. The haze in 2004, 2005 and 2006 from trans-boundary sources became regular occurrences in parts of the West coast of Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak.