Toxic poisoning - another disaster on the cards in Penang
Athi VeerangganPublished: Jan 6, 2005 1:45 PM | Updated: Jan 29, 2008 6:21 PM
Barely days after huge waves snatched more than 60 lives and left scores injured, Penang is facing another environmental disaster - toxic poisoning from industrial dumping within the Prai Free Industrial Zone (FIZ).
Hundreds of factories are dumping their waste into the rivers and DAP warns that if remedial measures are not taken, the outcome will be catastrophic.
Barely days after huge waves snatched more than 60 lives and left scores injured, Penang is facing another environmental disaster - toxic poisoning from industrial dumping within the Prai Free Industrial Zone (FIZ).
Responding to this, Penang DAP has urged the state government to immediately seek federal grants to build toxic waste treatment plants.
Otherwise, it warned, the state government would be hapless to prevent a future catastrophe that could affect thousands living and working in the Prai FIZ.
Penang DAP's 'Citizens against government waste committee' chairperson Teh Yee Cheu, who collected water from Sungai Prai and Juru for laboratory tests recently, said irresponsible industrial dumping by factories had c
Responding to this, Penang DAP has urged the state government to immediately seek federal grants to build toxic waste treatment plants.
Otherwise, it warned, the state government would be hapless to prevent a future catastrophe that could affect thousands living and working in the Prai FIZ.
Penang DAP's 'Citizens against government waste committee' chairperson Teh Yee Cheu, who collected water from Sungai Prai and Juru for laboratory tests recently, said irresponsible industrial dumping by factories had c
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