Air Pollution In Malaysia Journal

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.

Air pollution in malaysia journal. Journal of the air pollution. Traffic is a major contributor to air pollution. Ashfold public awareness and support for environmental protection a focus on air pollution in peninsular malaysia plos one 10 1371 journal pone 0212206 14 3 e0212206 2019. Api is based on the calculation consist of pollutants pm 10 o 3 co 2 so 2 and no 2.

Air quality monitoring is part of the initial strategy in the pollution prevention program in malaysia. Growing evidence for the impacts of air pollution in malaysia on health related to respiratory organs e g. 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. Unhealthy air quality can harm human health and the environment as well as property.

The three major sources of air pollution in malaysia are mobile sources stationary sources and open burning sources. 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. Understanding awareness of air pollution and support for environmental protection from the general public is essential for informing governmental approaches to dealing with this problem.

Realtime air pollutant index readings for malaysia can be obtained from this website. In view of this fact a study of. Control association 26 1 1. Air pollution index api is used in malaysia to determine the level of air quality.

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. 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. This study presents a cross sectional survey conducted in the. Also being significant sources of air pollution.