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The 1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution is a radioactive waste pollution incident in Bukit Merah of Kinta District in Central Perak, Malaysia.The outcome of the pollution case took several years to complete with no acknowledgement of responsibilities from companies involved despite the closure of factory in 1994 that become the source of pollution.
Air pollution in Malaysia (1 C, 11 P) C. Climate change in Malaysia (1 C, 6 P) S. Southeast Asian haze (19 P) ... 1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution; B. Baram Dam; C.
Air pollution in Malaysia is a major issue, with the country one of the most affected by seasonal Southeast Asian haze. [10] 1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution [11] 2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution [12]
Bukit Merah (Jawi: بوكيت ميره; Chinese: 红泥山 Tamil: புக்கிட் மேரா) is a village with population of 11,000, located near Ipoh. In 1992 and again notably in 2011, it attracted attention for radioactive pollution and health problems due to rare-earth mining in the decade or more before the mine closed in 1992.
1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution; 1997 Indonesian forest fires; 1997 Sarawak HFMD outbreak; 1998 Klang Valley water crisis; 1998–1999 Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak; 2009 swine flu pandemic in Malaysia; 2014 Negeri Sembilan and Selangor water crisis; 2018 Malaysia HFMD outbreak; 2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak
1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution; 2009 Jaya Supermarket collapse; 2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster; H. 2005 Malaysian haze; K. 2019 Kim Kim River toxic ...
The 2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster is an ecological disaster which occurred from 2015 to 2016 onwards in Kuantan District of Pahang in Malaysia.The unscrupulous bauxite mining was blamed for causing soil pollution particularly along the lane of Kuantan highway where the lorries carrying bauxite which also spread to waters around the district, causing the environment to turn red as a result ...
The 2005 Malaysian haze was an air pollution crisis caused primarily by fires in neighbouring Indonesia.In August 2005, haze spread across Malaysia from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leading to air quality reaching hazardous levels in certain states and the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.