KUALA LUMPUR: Only two of the 68 air quality monitoring stations across the country recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API 101 to 200) readings, ...
: Only two of the 68 air quality monitoring stations across the country recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index readings, namely in Sri Aman and Serian, Sarawak as at 4 pm today.
“In Sri Aman, the API reading was 142 while Serian recorded 102. The haze conditions today were found to be better than the previous day, no unhealthy API readings were recorded in most areas on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and the Klang Valley. Commenting on the current occurrence of haze in the country, he said the presence of fine particles which originated from natural sources and anthropogenic activities are seen as contributing factors to this phenomenon.
API readings of between 0 to 50 are categorised as good, 51 to 100 , 101 to 200 , 201 to 300 while 300 and above are hazardous.
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