Serious Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ PAP

[h=1]This time, it is local pollution causing haze[/h]
Haze shots from Blk 333 Bishan at 7amPHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES



AUDREY TAN, THE STRAITS TIMES
Apr 22, 2017 06:00 am


The haze that hung over Singapore from Thursday night through to yesterday morning was probably caused by local pollution instead of forest fires overseas, experts said.
"Based on the latest satellite images, there were no significant hotspots or smoke haze detected in the nearby region," said a spokesman for the National Environment Agency (NEA).
"The haziness was due to the accumulation of particulate matter under light wind conditions," the spokesman added.
The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reached a high of 95 in southern Singapore at 8am yesterday.
A PSI reading above 100 indicates unhealthy air quality, while a reading of between 51 and 100 is considered moderate.


Under moderate conditions, normal activities can be carried out.




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The 24-hour PSI across Singapore hovered in this range for the rest of the day, although readings in southern Singapore leaned toward the higher end.
Experts told The Straits Times there were a negligible number of hotspots in Riau, Sumatra or Kalimantan - areas in Indonesia where fires are started that are usually the cause of smoke haze.
"This makes Indonesia unlikely to be the source of the bad air," noted volunteer group PM.Haze (People's Movement to Stop Haze), which monitors haze in Singapore.
"Another significant source of our poor air is exhaust from traffic," said PM.Haze executive director Zhang Wen.
Usually, domestic pollution is blown away by the wind, she said. "But as it was not windy yesterday, the pollutants could not disperse, making it look hazy."

Re: Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ P

PAP admission that they have produced their own haze when Indon stopped exporting Haze to us.

Indon proved that they can stop Haze and the magic is really under their controls, and they had previously let haze come to fix SG52, because PAP pissed them off.


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Latest haze could be from local sources
Hazy conditions in Bishan at 7am yesterday. The 24-hour PSI reached a high of 95 in southern Singapore at 8am and stayed in the moderate range across the island for the rest of the day.
Hazy conditions in Bishan at 7am yesterday. The 24-hour PSI reached a high of 95 in southern Singapore at 8am and stayed in the moderate range across the island for the rest of the day.ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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Experts say domestic pollution was likely cause as Indonesia had very few hot spots
Audrey Tan

The haze that hung over Singapore from Thursday night till yesterday morning was probably caused by local pollution instead of forest fires in the region, experts say.

"Based on the latest satellite images, there were no significant hot spots or smoke haze detected in the nearby region," said a spokesman for the National Environment Agency (NEA). "The haziness was due to the accumulation of particulate matter under light wind conditions," he added.

The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), a measure of air quality here, reached a high of 95 in southern Singapore at 8am yesterday.

A PSI reading above 100 indicates unhealthy air quality, while a reading of between 51 and 100 is considered moderate.

The 24-hour PSI across Singapore stayed in this range for the rest of the day, although readings in southern Singapore leaned towards the higher end.

Experts told The Straits Times there were a negligible number of hot spots in Riau, Sumatra and Kalimantan - provinces in Indonesia whose fires are usually the cause of smoke haze.

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Another significant source of our poor air is exhaust from traffic... But as it was not windy yesterday, the pollutants could not disperse, making it look hazy.

MS ZHANG WEN, executive director of volunteer group People's Movement to Stop Haze. Domestic pollution, she noted, was often alleviated by the wind.

"This makes Indonesia unlikely to be the source of the bad air," noted Ms Zhang Wen, executive director of volunteer group People's Movement to Stop Haze (PM.Haze), which monitors haze conditions here. "Another significant source of our poor air is exhaust from traffic."

Usually, domestic pollution can be alleviated by the wind, she said.

"But as it was not windy yesterday, the pollutants could not disperse, making it look hazy."

The hourly concentration readings for PM2.5 - tiny pollutant particles associated with haze - also started inching up from Thursday evening, although their levels across Singapore returned to normal by 9am yesterday.

Air quality scientist Erik Velasco noted that hourly concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant associated with the combustion of fossil fuels, also started going up around the same time as PM2.5 concentration levels.

Most of the haze dissipated by the afternoon, as the rain in the morning helped to improve air quality here. But even without the rain, the PM2.5 readings would have fallen as the day progressed, as hot, turbulent air movement during the day would have carried the suspended particles upwards and brought cleaner air downwards, diluting their concentration near the ground, said Associate Professor Koh Tieh Yong of the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Assistant Professor Winston Chow, from the National University of Singapore's geography department, said yesterday's rain was common for this time of the year, as Singapore goes through the inter-monsoon season.

Singapore experiences most of its thunderstorms during this period.

NEA said thundery showers can be expected over the next few days.

"The likelihood of transboundary haze affecting Singapore is low," said NEA.

Re: Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ P

The air was so bad my heh-gu acted up. Breathing only shallow breathes and you can still hear the gurgling sounds of "hue hue hue"

Re: Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ P

the pollution does not surprise me because I monitor Spores's air quality. The normal PSI range in Spore is from 60 to 100+ . This pollution is internal to Spore & nothing to do with Indonesia.

The PAP has been hiding all this for years. Despite controlling The vehicle numbers & making billions of $ from it we still have this problem. Now the PAP wants to import more people into Spore. It means greater pollution.

Re: Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ P

Pray tell whr this local source is from ? Ppl burning joss sticks ? Ppl burning rubbish or result in the hot air trying to catch the bt Panjang lao gao ?

Re: Latest Haze caused by local sources. NEA sleeping on the job. Useless Million $ P

Bishan residents so lucky. Morning open window can have free smoke.