Environment Dept orders Kedah glove factory to shut temporarily for discharging foaming wastewater
Its director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said the temporary shutdown was to stop pollution activities conducted by the factory following public complaints on Sunday.
"The department sent an investigating team on the same day to the area and found that a rubber glove factory was discharging foaming water into the public drainage system.
"The situation not only pollutes the environment but also has the potential to threaten the water ecosystem and public health. As an immediate measure, the DOE has stopped its operations under Section 38(1)(a) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974," she said in a statement on Monday, adding that an investigation paper was opened under Section 25 of the same Act.
She stressed that her department would be uncompromising about any form of environmental pollution and asked those who wish to file complaints to call 1-800-88-2727 or email eaduan@doe.gov.my. - Bernama
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