Malaysia, Malacca Chicken Manure Causes Sheep Deaths

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Updated: May 31, 2009 21:58

居民體弱．​

Frail residents.

孫子怕來．​

Grandchildren to be afraid of.

百羊遭殃養雞場臭6年​

100 sheep farms suffer foul 6 years
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處理曬糞地點所散發的惡臭令居民難忍。​

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（馬六甲31日訊）位于瓜拉雙溪峇汝的養雞農場所散發的雞糞惡臭，困擾附近一帶居民6年以來，情況越來越嚴重，致使居民的健康受到巨大威脅，精神受到折磨，以致生活陷入恐慌。​

(Malacca 31 hearing) is located in Kuala Sungai Bali's Ru disseminated chicken chicken farm smell, troubled residents of the vicinity of 6 years, the situation is becoming more and more serious, with the result that residents be great threat to the health, mental torture so life panic.

居民代表吳德雄指出，雞糞惡臭影響居民起居的情況越來越嚴重，居民因污染問題導致時常頭暈、喉嚨乾，當中有兩位居民的肺部證實受感染，需要時常服藥。​

吴 德雄Resident Representative pointed out that the affected residents living chicken manure odor is becoming more and more serious pollution problem residents often lead to dizziness, dry throat, of which there are two people confirmed infected lungs, the need for medication from time to time.

而且，居民養在曬糞場旁的羊也受遭殃，死了超過100隻。​

Moreover, residents dependent field in the sun next to the sheep manure also suffer, more than 100 dead.

?居民們住在外地的孫子也不願回家見公公婆婆，因為公公婆婆的家很臭，令老人家傷心無助。?​

"Residents living in the grandson of the field do not want to see elderly men and women to go home because the father-in-law mother-in-law's home is very bad, so sad and helpless elderly."

吳氏說，農場的做法越來越離譜，將雞糞亂丟，越丟越靠近住屋，甚至丟入水溝與森林，連寧宜河的鱷魚也頂不住而逃到棕油園，山豬也跑向住宅區，同時也造成樹木與棕油樹枯死。​

Wu said that more and more outrageous farm practices, the chicken litter, the more lost the more close to housing, or even thrown into the ditch with the forest, and even crocodiles NING Yi River and fled to palm oil are rushing Park, Mountain Pigs also ran a residential area, but also caused by dead trees and palm oil trees.

他今日向到場了解情況的甲市區國會議員沈同欽與格西當區州議員吳良山反映問題時指出，雞糞污染問題從2003年開始，翌年3月，居民開始投訴，先后向各有關部門，甚至向中央政府與部長反映，問題迄今還是無法解決。​

His understanding of the situation today to the scene of a city with members of Congress Shen Chin Geshe district and state shows that the problem of Shan Wu pointed out that the chicken manure pollution problem since 2003, in March the following year, the residents began to complaints to the relevant departments have even to reflect the Central Government and the Minister, the problem is solved so far.

沒執照仍操作​

No license is still operating

吳氏指出，亞羅牙也市議會于2006年2月間來函表明，有關地點不能再曬雞糞，已經搬空，可是為何至今該地不但仍在操作，而且還能擴建。​

Wu pointed out that alor gajah City Council in February 2006 between the letter indicates that the site can no longer drying chicken manure has been evacuated, but the reason why there are not only still in operation, but also the expansion.

居民想知道，市議會主席曾說有關地方是非法，沒有執照，為何還能繼續操作？​

Residents would like to know, City Council President said that the place is illegal, no license, why can continue to operate?

他說，居民于今年2月間，針對污染問題向警方報案，而且也曾經和市議會對話時挑戰市議會，如果問題再無法解決，居民將把雞糞送到市議會。​

He said that the residents in February this year, the pollution problem for a report to the Police, but also have a dialogue and challenge the city council the city council, if the issue can not be resolved, the residents will be sent to the city council chicken.

沈同欽：向環境部長反映​

Qin Shen same: to reflect the Minister for the Environment
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居民懸掛橫幅作出控訴。​

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沈同欽國會議員指出，他將在近期的國會中，先向天然資源及環境部長反映武吉旺居民受雞糞惡臭所困擾的問題。​

Shen pointed out that members of Congress with the chin, he will in the near future of the Congress, the first minister of natural resources and the environment reflects the chicken-wu Givenchy residents plagued by foul problems.

他說，在可能的情況下，他將安排受影響的居民，向有關部門提出反映。​

He said that where possible, he will arrange for the affected residents, to reflect the departments concerned.

他認為，需要查明的是，為何居民已通過各個管道反映，問題依然無法解決，有關農場還能繼續操作，內中真正原因何在？​

In his view, the need to identify why people have been reflected through various channels, the problem remains unresolved, the farm can continue to operate, with the real reasons?

?有關業主是否應該研究，以尋求適當方式處理雞糞，避免惡臭問題。​

"The owners should be studied to find appropriate ways to deal with chicken manure and avoid odor issues.

他希望環境部能進行突擊檢查，並尋求居民提供資料。​

He hoped that the Ministry of the Environment to conduct surprise inspections and seek to provide information on residents.

他說，如果問題最終還是無法解決，居民可以申請庭令，阻止農場操作。​

He said that if the problem was eventually solved, the residents can apply for court orders to stop the farm operation.

?這是最后的步驟，居民們當然希望有關當局挺身加以解決。?​

"This is the final step, of course, the residents hope that the authorities concerned to come forward and be resolved."

 

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I'm a little stumped by this one. While I know even the thought of manure could make people sick, and thus the smell certainly would, I'm not sure how that would kill sheep. Maybe the sheep are being killed by exposure to some chemical used in the process of drying maure?

 

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The man from Johor who fainted on a flight:

KUCHING: A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia flight from Sandakan, Sabah, was forced to make an emergency landing here after a passenger fainted on board.

The unidentified 30-year-old man from Johor was rushed by ambulance to the Sarawak General Hospital at 2pm yesterday.

The hospital authorities are treating him as a suspected influenza A (H1N1) patient as he had a fever.

The man, who was still unconscious on arrival at the hospital, had travelled to Sandakan with two other friends on a business trip last Friday.

According to one of his friends, who declined to be named, the man had sustained serious head wounds in a road accident a year ago but it was not known if the fainting spell was linked to the past injury.

He said the man had not travelled abroad in recent months.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/18/nation/3929035&sec=nation

Was a partner in a fertiliser business. I have not been able to find an update on this patient.

 

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KUCHING: An AirAsia flight from Sandakan to Kuala Lumpur was diverted to the Kuching International Airport after a passenger with high fever fainted during the flight
Paramedics from the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), in full body protection gear against Influenza A (H1N1) virus, rushed to the airport to pick up the 30-year-old man from Johor Bahru.
The man was immediately sent to the SGH and wheeled into the Red Zone isolation area at 2.07 pm.
According to two business partners of the man, they board the KL-bound flight in Sandakan at 10.30 am. About one hour into the flight, their friend suddenly collapsed with high fever.
��From what I know, the captain informed the flight control tower at KIA 40 minutes before we landed. After the plane landed, we were told to wait for 20 minutes in the plane,� said one of them.
The three partners, all from Johor Baharu, took a flight to Sandakan from KL last Friday to attend to some business deals. They are in the fertiliser business.
According to two of them, who refused to be identified, they did not travel abroad recently, and their friend had suffered head injuries in an accident a year ago.
The plane continued its flight to KL without the three partners.
Meanwhile, a youth, who is said to be among the passengers of the flight boarded by first confirmed influenza victim, checked himself at the Sarawak General Hospital at about 1.00 pm yesterday.
The youth, who was not sick, said he was just taking precaution as the first confirmed victim was his friend.
So far, five people had checked with the Sarawak General Hospital and three of them were tested negative for Influenza A.
http://www.easterntimes.com.my/index.php?news_id=1&news_content=11550

 

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Is this the same fainting on a flight from Johor we dealt with two weeks ago? I think it must be. The last article doesn't seem to have dates, but the previous one is 5/18. I file this one under "No news is good news - if he was still hospitalized or had died or had tested positive for something odd, I think we'd have heard.

I think the fertilizer link is interesting, but the head injury also seems relevant. The first article mentions an ILLEGAL fertilizer operation, which is probably much more crude that a legal one. Also, the manure incident is in Malacca, not Johor.

 

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Yes - this is the old article. If there is something viral in chicken manure - it may well be widespread. There are reports in surrounding countries of H5N1 outbreaks, there is no reason to expect that Malaysia will be completely without this virus and/or others. I have not heard of sheep being infected by an avian virus - but - if other mammals can.....

 

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Yes - this is the old article. If there is something viral in chicken manure - it may well be widespread. There are reports in surrounding countries of H5N1 outbreaks, there is no reason to expect that Malaysia will be completely without this virus and/or others. I have not heard of sheep being infected by an avian virus - but - if other mammals can.....

I think the individuals mentioned in the first article are not nearly sick enough to suspect H5N1. And with all the reporting out of Malaysia, we certainly would have heard about H5N1 - I'm sure they test for it.

I think you might have found something unique though as far as fertilizer goes. I wonder if some chemical used in producing fertilizer, perhaps an illegal chemical, would produce a long-term (the first article mentioned "medicine from time to time", and the Johor man was ill for about a year) chronic illness with symptoms of fever fainting.

We also don't know that this man's fertilizer business is from chicken manure. There are lots of other animals whose manure is used as fertilizer.

 

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Agreed - there is no reference to people becoming very ill.
There is also no indication as to when the sheep died - or whether it was very sudden. It would be good to know - but I don't think any reporter is going to go out of their way to investigate sheep! I think it would be a good idea to make a mental log of this idea that fertiliser may well be causing unexpected illnesses. It would not be something that immediately sprang to mind if there was an outbreak of - anything. Every agricultural enterprise will be using some form of fertiliser, therefore, many people may be exposed.

 

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I think the first article mentions 6 years. This seems to have been a long term problem.

I wonder if anyone at FT has enough knowledge of how manure is turned into fertilizer to know what chemicals would be involved. I suspect there is some pasteurization involved as well, so any bacterial or viral agent would likely be neutralized.

But I am definitely making a mental note of that the PRODUCTION of fertilizer might produce unexplained illnesses.

 

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Did we ever get an update on that nonsense "non-contagious meningitis" reported death in Johor? The one with the schizophrenic school teacher?

 

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I live in a rural community and, if Malaysia is anything like over here, you get the manure from the "source" and dump it on your land and dig it in. Simple as that. I can't understand why they would be stockpiling it, upon reflection, there has been a global shortage of fertilizer and the price has been very high for a number of years. It would contaminate the water supply, (and waste,) the manure to leave it sitting in the rain. It seems counter-productive.

 

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I believe that in industrial countries at least, manure is pasteurized. It is possible that unethical businessmen might try to save money by applying a toxic chemical instead of heat. Actually, the sheep deaths alone could simply be caused by salmonella and other fecal pathogens spread by not sterilizing the manure.

I thought of a bizarre explanation here. Has anyone tested any of these cases for meliodosis? This is a soil-borne, bacterial disease that is common in SE Asia and difficult to diagnose. Production of fertilizer would involve exposure to soil, and this disease can produce bizarre symptoms, sometimes with an incubation period of months or more. It is also notoriously difficult to detect. It can be fatal, and it can also be chronice.