Singapore's air quality deteriorated to 'unhealthy' levels on Sat...
SINGAPORE - Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to “unhealthy” levels on Saturday for the first time in three years, data from the National Environment Agency showed, threatening to deepen a regional dispute over forest fires.
Every dry season, smoke from fires to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations in Indonesia clouds the skies over much of the region, raising concerns about public health and worrying tourist operators and airlines. “This was due to a confluence of winds over the nearby region that led to more smoke haze from Sumatra being blown toward Singapore.”Malaysia closed hundreds of schools and sent half a million face masks to Sarawak this week, after the smoke built up to unhealthy levels.
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