Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Port Klang air quality at hazardous level

PETALING JAYA: The Air Pollutant Index (API) hit 410 in the Port Klang as at noon Wednesday.
API levels in several areas in Selangor and the Federal Territory at noon are as follows:

# Kuala Lumpur - 181
# Petaling Jaya - 204
# Kuala Selangor - 327
# Shah Alam - 316
# Putrajaya - 224.

The API system as adopted in Malaysia categorises air quality as hazardous to health when the index exceeds 300, according to the Department of Environment website.
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