Health guidelines in place as Bangkok chokes

By THE NATION

 

Chawin Sirinak

 

The Bangkok Health Department is coaching gasping residents on protecting themselves from the PM2.5 pollutants again draping the city and has medical staff on the streets to give aid where needed.

 

Department director Dr Chawin Sirinak said on Wednesday (January 8 ) the measures were in place even as the Pollution Control Department reported PM2.5 dust levels beyond safety standards across Bangkok and vicinity – and in many cases rising.

 

The levels ranged from 39-71 micrograms per cubic metre, while the safe limit is 35.

 

Chawin urged the Department of Disease Control to be ready with its own measures should the danger increase.

 

Guidelines distributed to 68 public health centres indicate that, during periods of relatively safe PM2.5 levels – below 50mcg – they must keep the public informed about possible risks and means of protection.

 

When the level is 50-75mcg, they should monitor people at risk – the elderly, those confined to bed, children, pregnant women and those with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

 

Between 50 and 75mcg, alerts should be going out and risk groups carefully observed.

 

If the level hovers between 76 and 100mcg for three consecutive days, the centres should have teams actively warning of the danger and personally visiting people at risk.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380286

 

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not like the old days when they could keep quiet and call it all a 'weather phenomenon' is it?

 

damn those foreigners and their apps

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

When the level is 50-75mcg, they should monitor people at risk – the elderly, those confined to bed, children, pregnant women and those with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

 

Thailand, the HUB of monitoring everything....

 

Salty water, air pollution, crime, the economy, etc etc...

 

But never actually doing anything about any of the pressing issues facing the country.

 

Meanwhile, on the PM2.5 front, can we hand out some thousands more of the cheap paper drug store face masks that don't do anything to block PM2.5... but make for very cute photos with all the kids wearing them?

 

Edited January 8, 20206 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

11 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

not like the old days when they could keep quiet and call it all a 'weather phenomenon' is it?

 

damn those foreigners and their apps

 

Well, they can and did come up with their own Thailand-specific air quality impacts scale that makes the air pollution problem seem less serious than it would be if measured elsewhere...

In other words, it's just a big fat middle finger to the public in the sense of "Screw you!!!"

Air quality in pattaya this morning is worse than bkk.

roughly translated is : 'we will do absolutely nothing and watch you all choke.'

great work chaps.

How do they come up with this values. All apps and websites I check have a MUCH worse level....??? ????

1 hour ago, Beautifool said:

How do they come up with this values. All apps and websites I check have a MUCH worse level....??? ????

That's enough reality and fact for one day, thank you very much! Everything is lovely and wonderful. Happiness has been restored to the people. We'll continue to monitor the air quality, corruption levels, traffic death statistics, world class education system, Thai Baht and 'forum curmudgeons'...

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The levels ranged from 39-71 micrograms per cubic metre, while the safe limit is 35

The safe limit is actually 12 (µg/m³⁾ and it very much depends on what <deleted> is making up the pollution.  Bkk has diesel, factory waste and crop burning all of which are terrible for health.  When will this government of the lame do something about it.  This will kill tourism, who wants to visit such a polluted wasteland.  This is killing their citizens and harming the mental and physical health of their children... and yet they continue.  

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Between 50 and 75mcg, alerts should be going out and risk groups carefully observed.

Everybody is at risk and in fact 50-75mcg would considered very low pollution levels in the LOS. (Land of Smog). ????

16 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

But never actually doing anything about any of the pressing issues facing the country.

Seen several people saying it is governments fault.  In my reality, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."  Stop driving your cars and motorbikes, only turn on the A/C at night when you sleep, don't buy imported foods or other products.  Exhaust from vehicles, power plant emissions, importing of goods, these all require the burning of fossil fuels that contribute to "air pollution" .  People need to take responsibility for their own actions and not blame governments IMO. Either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem.  Yet at this point in human history, the effects from overpopulation will make most of these sustainable non-polluting measures moot.  Peace 

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