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Kuala Lumpur tops global pollution ranking as haze blankets city

Original: Kuala Lumpur is the world's most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third

Kuala Lumpur has been ranked the world's most polluted major city, with Singapore third, as haze from regional fires pushes air quality to hazardous levels. The rankings, based on live air-quality indices, have renewed concern in Southeast Asia about the annual transboundary haze, its health effects, and the cross-border burning that drives it each dry season.

Why now: Severe haze has pushed air quality in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to the top of global pollution rankings, affecting millions of residents.

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• Kuala Lumpur is the world's most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third · bookofjoe · 9

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