STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

Air pollution is regarded as the pollution that has the greatest impact on the
environment. Global warming phenomena that threaten our earth in recent years is closely
related to the level of air pollution that caused by vast amount of carbon emission from vehicle
petrol and diesel combustion, waste from ever-expanding production industry,

There was air pollution around uthm campus. The pollution actually causes because of
the Evergreen factory near the uthm area. The factory has produces lumber to export to other
country. The factory has been here before the existence of uthm, the smoke from the factory
increasingly year to year, from the figure 1 we can see that the polluted smoke from factory.
This picture is taken at the E14, this building is located between uthm and the factory. it very
close to the uthm area. This makes the uthm administration unhappy and unsatisfied. Other
factor is from the smoke from the student, staff vehicle and buses which carried student from
the hostel to the campus. Due to the student hostel located near the place, there is many affect
for the student daily life.

Figure 1: smoke from factory

The student’s health is affected. The student has infected by the sickness like eye
soreness, asthma and skin infection. The eye soreness is actually caused from the air pollution.
There are feeling vomited because the factory has spread the bad smell. The smell is too strong
and bad making the student’s to feel uneasy and uncomfortable of the surrounding
environment.

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 The student has to limit their outdoor activities. This happened because they had to face
the bad environment. In addition the field or court is already near the factory. There are many
cases that the student suddenly fainted and some student vomited. There assume that the
problem is based on the factory.

OBJECTIVES

To analyze the air pollution problem, our group will carry out a survey on opinion of student
in UTHM.

1. To indentify where is the major source for air pollution.

2. To indentify the opinion of student about air pollution.
3. To find the effect from the air pollution.

Reference

1. Norhafizah Binti Ruslan, Air Polution Index (Api) ,January 2015 ,from thesis