I looked out my front door a few days ago to see a haze covering the row of coconut trees alongside the road. It looked like they were fading away in a mist. What a strange feeling. It was something I hadn't seen before,a white fog that hung heavily over the area.
Still, I put it down to someone burning toxic trash as so often is the case around here. Then, looking up into the sky, it seemed as though there were clouds of smoke rolling in, stretching out above the cloud coverage. That also seemed a bit unusual.
Facebook was where I learned that there is a huge amount of pollution blowing in from Indonesia!
Apparently there are acres and acres of palm oil palms burning as a result of land clearing. Whether it's being done on purpose or not has yet to be proved. Most of us here in Malaysia believe it's all on purpose, of course. And for what?
MONEY.
It's all about the money. It sure isn't about conserving our health now, is it? There are millions of these palm trees being grown for money for the palm oil trade. And a quick and easy way to clear the land is to burn it. And, who cares about the health of people's lungs when you're making money?
In Seremban, schools were closed because the pollution index was so high they deemed the air unfit for students to go outside! We are being warned to wear surgical masks outside and to keep the windows shut while inside. There's a particularly toxic content in the smoke during the night. (Perhaps that's because the jungle is being burned at night? That's my guess. You can smell the burnt smell!)
They're blaming it on the dry season and some are saying this may last even until September! Good grief.
Let's hope there's a shift in the wind. Or something!
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