13 areas in northern Thailand suffering with excessive amounts of PM2.5 today

[webfact]

 

Thirteen areas in the northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were found to have PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere at levels which exceed the 50-micron safety standard, with Wiang Pang Kham sub-district in Chiang Rai recording 247 microns.

 

The Pollution Control Department said, on its “air4thai” website, that air quality in the two provinces is expected to deteriorate tomorrow through Friday, due to stale air.

 

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/13-areas-in-northern-thailand-suffering-with-excessive-amounts-of-pm2-5-today/

 

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[JoePai]

2.5 - the 50-micron safety standard

Strange the World Health Organisation guidelines say that PM2.5 concentrations should not exceed an average of 25 mcg per cubic metre over a 24-hour period and an average of 10 mcg over a year.

 

[vandeventer]

Looking more and more like China everyday. Lets hope the government does something be fore people start falling down.

[nobodysfriend]

Sad that there is no effort and will by anybody to do something against this health deteriorating burning .

Incompetent authorities without the power to stop the illegal burning , and individuals who only care about their own profit and give a s-hit about anything else .

[Golden Brown]

I reside in Chiang Rai and am presently in Bangkok with my wife on a visit.   It is the first time that we have visited Bangkok and the air quality here is better than Chiang Rai!   It appears that the authorities have no desire to do anything about the burning and in the short term will not be going away!!

[1Gringo]

the AQI in Korat isn't a whole lot better and hasn't been for weeks and weeks now.  this is a country-wide issue which needs to be addressed.  but we all know that the burning is everywhere throughout SE Asia and unless all of it stops, the AQI is always going to be in the danger zone, particularly for those of us with various lung diseases.  

 

the downside of all this burning is that we will be joined by thousands more who will develop lung disorders from the smog.

[faraday]

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Thirteen areas in the northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were found to have PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere at levels which exceed the 50-micron safety standard, with Wiang Pang Kham sub-district in Chiang Rai recording 247 microns.

Thank all the governors, headmen and farmers for jointly killing northern Thailand... Job well done.

[SomchaiCNX]

3 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Looking more and more like China everyday. Lets hope the government does something be fore people start falling down.

You answer your own "question", what does China do to help their own people? So why would be Thailand any better?

 

[rudi49jr]

Instead of spending billions of baht on utterly useless submarines, why not buy a whole bunch of those planes that can be used to dump big loads of water on fires? That would be a much better use of that money.

[Thailand]

Never mind, TMD.go.th is forecasting 4 days with a fair chance of rain from Saturday.

 

Downside, they are usually wrong.

[khunpeer]

21 hours ago, JoePai said:

2.5 - the 50-micron safety standard

Strange the World Health Organisation guidelines say that PM2.5 concentrations should not exceed an average of 25 mcg per cubic metre over a 24-hour period and an average of 10 mcg over a year.

 

 

for years they do this already... 25 worldwide = 50 in Tland!

 

[fantom]

These numbers vary significantly from the AQI figures.

Are the Pollution Control Department instruments properly callibrated and / or checked? 

 

[BumGun]

9 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Looking more and more like China everyday. Lets hope the government does something be fore people start falling down.

An estimated 7-8 million people a year die for pollution around the world, it's about the biggest killer on the planet. 

 

https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/air/air-pollution-deaths-per-year/story