HAZE ISSUE

Today, I would like to share current issue about Haze in Malaysia. Ten years ago, Malaysia was trouble in haze issue, but today, the Haze is more bad than 10 years ago. Yesterday, Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Minister was meet to his Indonesian counterpart to tackle the issue of Trans boundary haze.Parts of Malaysia, especially in Sarawak where haze has been recurring, have been affected by the pollution from open burning in Indonesia, which is leading to an increase IPU in Semenjung Malaysia that I read.

The Department of Environment had written to the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry on Monday to express Malaysia's concerns, urging Indonesia to do more to tackle these fires. Air quality had improved slightly as of 5pm yesterday. The Air Pollutant Index (API) recorded good and moderate air quality in all areas, but readings in parts of Kedah, Perak, Penang, Sarawak, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur hovered close to the unhealthy level. Many school have closed because of haze happen.

My university was also closed in one day because the IPU in Nilai was high.  An API reading between 51 and 100 is considered moderate while a reading between 101 and 200 indicates unhealthy air quality.

Yesterday morning,  I also know that Palembang city in South Sumatra province reported visibility as low as 400m, its worst level this year, news portal Tempo reported.Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Board has banned all open burning activities until a re-evaluation is carried out, pending applications for open burning.

So, in my opinion I thinks the haze is very dangerous to healthy in life. Haze also can effect to self-get the asthma if people include more outdoor activity in daily. People must be aware alert to wear a mask N95 in prevent to avoid the disease.