Some residents leave pollution-hit Pasir Gudang
The scene where about 100 school students, believed to have breathing difficulties after inhaling fumes, being temporarily placed for health monitoring at the Taman Pasir Putih multipurpose hall in Pasir Gudang today. — Picture by Ben Tan
Bernama talked to members of at least two families which have decided to stay away from the area where the inhalation of fumes from the toxic chemical waste dumped into Sungai Kim Kim sent over 900 people to hospital. The teacher of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kota Masai 2 said her elder child has been coughing over the past few days and her younger suffered from sore eyes, and she had taken the children for treatment at the Sultan Ismail Hospital.
Mahirah said she hoped that Sungai Kim Kim will be cleaned up immediately to prevent the situation from worsening.
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