Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia

Water pollution is a severe problem in Malaysia and has an adverse impact on the sustainability of water resources. Not only has that but also affected plants and living organisms, the health of the population and the economy. This study reviews the state of river water quality and sources of river...

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Main Authors:	Rafia, Afroz, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Institute of Advanced Science Extension (IASE) 2017
Subjects:	TL1 Motor vehicles
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spelling	iium-568582019-08-20T23:06:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56858/ Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia Rafia, Afroz Rahman, Mohammed Ataur TL1 Motor vehicles Water pollution is a severe problem in Malaysia and has an adverse impact on the sustainability of water resources. Not only has that but also affected plants and living organisms, the health of the population and the economy. This study reviews the state of river water quality and sources of river water pollution in Malaysia. The Department of Environment program continued monitoring of the quality of river water in 2014 to determine the status of water quality of the river and to detect changes in water quality of the river. They found that 52% of the river was found to be clean, 39% slightly contaminated and 9% contaminated. The number of the polluted river is declined over the period of time. They also observed that beverage industries are the major source of pollution in this country. This paper reviews the environmental policy related to water pollution and studies related to water pollution and health impacts. Institute of Advanced Science Extension (IASE) 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56858/1/Rafia%20%282017%29-IJAAS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56858/7/56858_Health%20impact_WOS.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Rahman, Mohammed Ataur (2017) Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Science, 4 (5). pp. 78-85. ISSN 2313-626X E-ISSN 2313-3724 http://science-gate.com/IJAAS/Articles/2017-4-5/14%202017-4-5-pp.78-85.pdf 10.21833/ijaas.2017.05.014
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description	Water pollution is a severe problem in Malaysia and has an adverse impact on the sustainability of water resources. Not only has that but also affected plants and living organisms, the health of the population and the economy. This study reviews the state of river water quality and sources of river water pollution in Malaysia. The Department of Environment program continued monitoring of the quality of river water in 2014 to determine the status of water quality of the river and to detect changes in water quality of the river. They found that 52% of the river was found to be clean, 39% slightly contaminated and 9% contaminated. The number of the polluted river is declined over the period of time. They also observed that beverage industries are the major source of pollution in this country. This paper reviews the environmental policy related to water pollution and studies related to water pollution and health impacts.
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author	Rafia, Afroz Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
author_facet	Rafia, Afroz Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
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title	Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia
title_short	Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia
title_full	Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed	Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia
title_sort	health impact of river water pollution in malaysia
publisher	Institute of Advanced Science Extension (IASE)
publishDate	2017
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Health impact of river water pollution in Malaysia

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