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Singapore pollution soars as haze from Indonesia hits air quality
2013-06-19 09:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Singaporeans reduced military training exercises, kept cough-stricken children indoors and wore protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution to hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. Singapore's main measurement of air quality has hovered at the unhealthy classification as smoke from blazes on Sumatra island drifted across the sea and cast a grey pall over the city-state's skyscrapers. The readings on the pollutant standards...
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