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Pig faeces pollutes remote Penang island bay, affects seafood too

By ARNOLD LOH
Dirty spot: Villagers showing the grey sludge along the Gertak Sanggul beach.

BALIK PULAU: Raw piggery waste has polluted the 1km beach of Gertak Sanggul, one of the most remote beaches on Penang island reachable by car.

Because it is a sheltered bay, marine biologists warn that extreme bacterial blooms can infect Gertak Sanggul’s seafood with harmful pathogens, from the salmonella bacteria to E-Coli and even the Hepatitis A virus.

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