webfact Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Poor air quality has been reported in 28 areas of metropolitan Bangkok today (Monday), with the amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere exceeding safety limits, mainly due to stagnant air flow and an accumulation of airborne dust particles due to emissions from increased road traffic. Bangkok’s Ma Charoen Road in Nong Khaem district topped the chart this morning with 68 microns of PM2.5 dust particles reported. According to the coordination centre charged with solving the air pollution problems in Bangkok, the high level of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere were found... Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/excessive-levels-of-pm2-5-dust-detected-in-28-areas-of-bangkok-on-monday/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-02-28 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellboy218 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Only 68? Come to Chiang Mai where its around 160!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Those damned Cambodians......wafting all their pollution toward Thailand. Satellite image from yesterday. Edited February 28, 2022 by Will B Good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Dellboy218 said: Only 68? Come to Chiang Mai where its around 160!!!! The article above was measuring PM2.5 in MICRONS. The general public measurement is more often in AQI, which is a totally different scale. The TH government agencies typically report PM2.5 smog in micron numbers. The values below are both for AQI: Here's a site that allows you to convert back and forth between micron readings and AQI values for PM2.5: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-calculator/ 68 microns of PM2.5 gets you an AQI reading of 157, which is well into the red/unhealthy scale: Edited February 28, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) FWIW, Thailand has its own more relaxed/less strict air quality scale for PM2.5 air pollution than the U.S./international version. Thailand doesn't consider PM2.5 air pollution to begin to cause health impacts (the orange color coding) until the readings get to 51 microns and above. (Their lower yellow level is called "moderate"). http://air4thai.pcd.go.th/webV2/aqi_info.php The same orange coding on the U.S./international scale for PM2.5 pollution, listed as unhealthy for sensitive individuals, begins at only 36 microns. https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-calculator-concentration/ Thailand's self-declared health threshold of 51 microns of PM2.5 (101 on its AQI scale) translates on the U.S./international scale to an AQI of 139, which is on the high end of the U.S./intl "unhealthy for sensitive groups" category. Edited February 28, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, webfact said: Poor air quality has been reported in 28 areas of metropolitan Bangkok today (Monday), with the amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere exceeding safety limits, mainly due to stagnant air flow and an accumulation of airborne dust particles due to emissions from increased road traffic. Ahhhh the good old days return. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Swede Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Why bother to report. Nothing changes. In the North pollution is escalating now and will be very bad next month. We all know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Hua Hin was far worse over the weekend.???? Time to get out of this hell hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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