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Johor’s struggle with pollution
Murky waters worry Johor residents
The main culprits are poultry farms, oil-palm plantation mills and rubbish disposal sites, a visit by Insight finds.
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Arlina Arshad, Eileen Ng, Kelvin Chng AND Philip Cheong
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Residents here say the main sources of ammonia contamination are waste from poultry farms, discharge from oil-palm plantation mills and leachate from rubbish disposal sites.
The residents also point to indiscriminate dumping of pesticides and chemicals, and unregulated sand mining, which not only pollutes the rivers but also changes their paths and causes them to dry up.
