Industrial and Development in Malaysia..
The development of Malaysia's economy depends on manufacturing industries, especially electronics, chemicals and rubber. However, the increasing rate of production has resulted in the addition of pollution emissions of organic and inorganic gases, chemicals and dust. A wide range of industries producing different contaminant.
For example, the chemical releases of pollutants that are based on different compounds of nitrogen and sulfur, while the oil refinery emits smoke containing sulfur dioxide and hydrocarbons. Metals industry is responsible for polluting the air with sulfur dioxide and toxic dust. Some pollutants, particularly carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that can cause extremely harmful climate change worldwide. In addition to the release of toxic substances into the air, the development of the premises or an industrial zone without careful planning and control will lead to noise pollution and vibration. Activities at construction sites and sounds of exhaust fan in the factories are among the examples of activities that produce high noise levels.
The causes of all the industrial and development also affects our flora and fauna, forest and our green scenery. Day by day, the natural habitat will extinct if we do not worry and care about these problem. We also have to face pollution problem such as :-
Water Pollution
As Malaysia is fast becoming an industrial country, many of our rivers have become polluted due to the many wastes that have been poured out into her rivers. Such as the paper making industry, it requires chemicals, often poisonous in its production. The human’s behavior, the rivers are used as an outlet for the chemicals to drain away, in turn harming the waters and the lives that revolve around them.
As a result of aggressive development, many of the forest have been chopped down. The surrounding soils have no roots to hold on to and soon erode when the rains come. The soil runs into the rivers and soon the rivers become murky and shut out all the sunlight from reaching the aquatic life in the rivers and streams and this caused them to die.
Land Pollution
In Cameron Highlands, in the state of Pahang, one of the many places where vegetables as well as tea which it is famous for, is planted, human activity has taken to fragile the environment. Large scale farming has caused thousands of acres of forest land to be ploughed up and the habitat of thousands, maybe even millions of wildlife has been destroyed. A lot of wildlife flee or migrate to escape the dangers and activities of man. Unknown by them, they cause an imbalance in their ecosystem, making some areas too densely populated with predators and not enough food to go around.
Air Pollution
Malaysia has risen to the industrial age, not wanting to be left behind in the dark ages anymore, but at the cost of the environment. Many industrial zones have been approved by the government to be set up in mostly forestland and uninhabited areas. One very good example of the industrial zone is of Shah Alam in the state of Selangor. As a result, trees have been cut down to accommodate towards the building of large industrial factories.
Not only has the oxygen supply been decreased, these factories are spewing out poisonous gases in the course of its production. Shah Alam is now one of the most densely populated areas as well as one of the most highly polluted areas in the country, and yet it is not the only one. One can imagine the amount of people who will be affected by the long side effects of the pollution from the gases.
Save our environment!
Nowadays, environmental issues have become a challenging issue. As a consumer, how we can face this challenge? We can save this world using many ways, including:-
1) Bring your own bag when you are shopping because plastic bags are not environmental-friendly and cannot be biodegrade.
2) Stop from using pesticide. Planting certain plants at your home can help to prevent from pests attack.
3) Avoid using Styrofoam-based products since Styrofoam cannot be biodegrade and destroy ozone layer.
4) Switch off your television, computer and stereo when you not using it because these things consume about 10 to 6o percent of energy source, that can contribute to global warming.
The reality is, we only have this world to live. We should conserve it for the future generations. It is hard to change our habit but always remember that our future generations have rights to have what we had had. Federation of Malaysian Consumer Association found that consumer's behavior towards environment is still questionable even though environment is a part of their right that is to live in a clean and save environment.
References :
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/gather/malaysia.htm
http://www.mns.my/section.php?sid=20&pb=Tier
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4800717/THE-EFFECTS-OF-UNPLANNED-DEVELOPMENT
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