KUALA LUMPUR: The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Ayer Ganda, Gerik water plant treatment centre, after traces of arsenic poisoning was discovered.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Water Services Commission has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Ayer Ganda, Gerik water treatment plant, after traces of arsenic poison was discovered.
He added that SPAN received a second letter from the Health Ministry alerting the commission to the fact that there were still traces of arsenic in the water plant, so SPAN had to act immediately. “Arsenic poisoning is serious. The exposure to pregnant women and children is quite serious,” he said.
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