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    15 June 2012| last updated at 02:27PM

    3 Selangor spots register unhealthy APIs

    By Fauziah Ismail

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    KUALA LUMPUR: Three spots in Selangor registered unhealthy pollutant index (API) today, following several hotspots activities and the dry weather conditions in several neighbouring countries.

    The API for Shah Alam, Port Klang and Kuala Selangor  were registered at 106, 130 and 131 as at 11am this  morning.

    The first reading at 7am had already showed the readings  to be above 100.

    The Department of Environment classified the API reading  between 0-50 as good, 51-100 (moderate), 101-200 (un healthy), 201-300 (very unhealthy) and more than 301 as  hazardous.

    The API for Cheras in Kuala Lumpur and Seri Manjung in  Perak was also registered on the high side as at 11am.

    Cheras saw an API of 91 (86 at 7am) and Seri Manjung 94  (92 at 7am).

    Meanwhile, the Meteorological Service Singapore said  elevated hotspot activities were detected in Central and  Northern Sumatera during the current dry weather con ditions.

    “Localised smoke plumes with slight to moderate smoke  haze were also detected in the vicinity of the fires.

    "Scattered hot spots were also detected in Borneo and  Vietnam. Elsewhere, isolated hotspots were detected in Laos,  Cambodia and Thailand,” it said in its portal which is linked  to DOE’s Air Pollutant Index Management System.

    Source: http://www.doe.gov.my

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