The problem of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere in Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as in six northern provinces, is forecast to get worse this Friday and Saturday, said the Pollution Control Department.

 

On the Air4Thai website, the PCD reported on Wednesday that the general air quality across Thailand at 11am ranged from very good down to a health-threatening level, with the amount of PM2.5 in the atmosphere exceeding the standard level (currently 50 microns in Thailand) in:

 

• Ban Tarn sub-district in Hot district of Chiang Mai, 84 microns (microgram per cubic metre)
• Thanee sub-district in Mueang district of Sukhothai, 52 microns
• Lat Yai sub-district in Mueang district of Samut Songkhram, 55 microns
• Li sub-district in Li district of Lamphun, 66 microns
• Ban Klang sub-district in Mueang district of Lamphun, 56 microns
• Phra Bat sub-district in Mueang district of Lampang, 62 microns
• Ban Tom sub-district in Mueang district of Phayao, 55 microns
• Mae Pa sub-district in Mae Sot district of Tak, 57 microns

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/air-quality-in-bangkok-and-6-northern-provinces-to-worsen-friday-saturday/

 

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14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The problem of PM2.5 dust

Dust?

Omg. Let's make the problem a nothing-burger. 

Try PM2.5 Particulate.  Which can kill you.

1 minute ago, connda said:

Dust?

Omg. Let's make the problem a nothing-burger. 

Try PM2.5 Particulate.  Which can kill you.

Not according to those living their retirement dream in Chang mai!

one expat even said it’s from burning rice, it’s organic and good for you????

1 hour ago, connda said:

Dust?

Omg. Let's make the problem a nothing-burger. 

Try PM2.5 Particulate.  Which can kill you.

Thank god the Thais found a solution, i.e. spraying a bit of water in a few select locations if it gets too bad...

Is this tantamount to a confession that in 8 years of power, the army is both helpless and indifferent? 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The problem of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere in Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as in six northern provinces, is forecast to get worse this Friday and Saturday, said the Pollution Control Department.

A sad admission for the so called best city in the known universe for tourists to visit.

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Is this tantamount to a confession that in 8 years of power, the army is both helpless and indifferent? 

8 years?

Oh dear.......how about 100 years. 

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

A sad admission for the so called best city in the known universe for tourists to visit.

Not to mention top ten retirement destination. ????

 

Not to mention south of BKK where it's a nice to for a jog on the beach.????

 

 

Edited January 26, 20233 yr by Venom

Yet they still continue to burn up here no one cares it's a shame really it's never policed and will continue as long as they let them

22 minutes ago, Venom said:

Not to mention top ten retirement destination. ????

 

Not to mention south of BKK where it's a nice to for a jog on the beach.????

 

 

probably all the BBQ smoke from Cha-am

why so much dust in Thailand

 

concrete roads is definitely one of the reasons, I am no engineer but if done on the cheap they release huge amounts of particles into the air

17 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Thank god the Thais found a solution, i.e. spraying a bit of water in a few select locations if it gets too bad...

do they still do cloud seeding??

The Thai government website and app - Air4Thai - uses a 24-hour average for PM2.5 which is typically misleadingly low.  Other sites and apps display 1-hour data, which is more useful.  App reviewers, including Thais, have cottoned on to this as a likely deception by the Thai government, as it makes the air quality situation look much better than it actually is.

 

3 hours ago, bangon04 said:

do they still do cloud seeding??

No idea. Seems from time to time.

Remember that nice cool air we got a couple days ago . . ?

It formed a (not so nice) temperature inversion.   

Just waiting to hear the government announce that PM 0.0 has been achieved for all people who wear masks. Thanking all citizens who continue to wear masks and keeping the dust level down. 

On 1/26/2023 at 6:20 AM, hotchilli said:

A sad admission for the so called best city in the known universe for tourists to visit.

So how much longer do you think we have? With all the dogs running free, Covid spreading again, and now the air prolusion is getting thicker and thicker. Maybe it's time for a holiday but where to go?

On 1/26/2023 at 4:25 AM, spidermike007 said:

Is this tantamount to a confession that in 8 years of power, the army is both helpless and indifferent? 

They've been in power for a lot longer than that. 

 

Elected administrations are merely a sham here to appease Western investors.

 

We know exactly who runs this place and how.

On 1/26/2023 at 8:13 AM, ozz1 said:

Yet they still continue to burn up here no one cares it's a shame really it's never policed and will continue as long as they let them

Children do the same until properly reprimanded and punished.

On 1/26/2023 at 7:19 AM, zzaa09 said:

8 years?

Oh dear.......how about 100 years. 

Beat me to it. 

On 1/26/2023 at 12:27 PM, Lee65 said:

The Thai government website and app - Air4Thai - uses a 24-hour average for PM2.5 which is typically misleadingly low.  Other sites and apps display 1-hour data, which is more useful.  App reviewers, including Thais, have cottoned on to this as a likely deception by the Thai government, as it makes the air quality situation look much better than it actually is.

 

Golly gosh! Thais lying to cover up their inadequacies? 

 

Say it ain't so. 

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Golly gosh! Thais lying to cover up their inadequacies? 

 

Say it ain't so. 

Not "lying".  Just the authorities presenting data in a way arguably more beneficial to them than to the public.  Standard operating procedure for almost all government agencies these days ...

8 hours ago, vandeventer said:

So how much longer do you think we have? With all the dogs running free, Covid spreading again, and now the air prolusion is getting thicker and thicker. Maybe it's time for a holiday but where to go?

East across the bordering country and into Vietnam

Another day another end is near story.....