The Northeast city on the banks of the Mekong suffocates under thick haze that landed on Tuesday, Nakhon Phanom is toughening up on residents who burn trash and greenery outdoors.

 

According to the city’s Office of Natural Resource and Environment, PM2.5 concentrations on Wednesday increased to 167 micrograms per cubic metre (mcg) in four districts that border Laos: Muang, Bang Phaeng, Tha Uthen, and That Phanom.

Any level beyond 50 mcg is dangerous, and chronic ailments including lung and heart difficulties have been related to long-term exposure.

 

Full story: https://bangkokone.news/burning-rubbish-set-for-big-fines-as-nakhon-phanom-smog-unbearable/

 

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7 years in jail or 140,000 baht fine. How many of the hundreds of crop burning farmers have been hit?

Same same every year.

Is that FOG?

 

so beautiful.............bring the whole family, especially your little ones!!!  good for their lungs, brain, etc....!!!

 

saw a family yesterday with a little boy coughing as the guy was looking inside a massage shop.

 

THAILAND!!!  

10 minutes ago, Henryford said:

7 years in jail or 140,000 baht fine. How many of the hundreds of crop burning farmers have been hit?

Crop burning farmers are not the problem.

They are the result of the problem.????????

Same up here near Surin some days recently. A white haze high up, and the constant smell of smoke in the air. 

12 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Same up here near Surin some days recently. A white haze high up, and the constant smell of smoke in the air. 

East Pattaya is the same.

Opened the front doors and was affronted.????????

5 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

East Pattaya is the same.

Opened the front doors and was affronted.????????

That is sad too. Going to Hua Hin for a few days Sunday, hope it is better there..

 

Just now, AhFarangJa said:

That is sad too. Going to Hua Hin for a few days Sunday, hope it is better there..

 

We just returned from Hua Hin, back to Chiang Mai. The narrow strip of the coast feels mostly pollution free but looking down the coast the near distance soon disappears into a smoggy haze. The AQI numbers also confirm that the air is not exactly crystal, presumably it's air from Bangkok and Cambodia blowing across the gulf. The worst part is the journey there, we drove. Some areas worse than others but all mostly not good. For sure the air quality seems better than here so enjoy your stay away.

1 minute ago, AhFarangJa said:

That is sad too. Going to Hua Hin for a few days Sunday, hope it is better there..

 

Good move by you.

This is the worst smoke I have endured in 10 years here.

My place near Bang Rakam, Phitsanulok is 164 this morning. Three places making charcoal within 500 mtrs of my house.

51 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Same same every year.

Not sure on same -same anymore.

I think we are just getting more elderly.????????

49 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

Good move by you.

This is the worst smoke I have endured in 10 years here.

The worst in 30 years for me. And the longest lasting.

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

7 years in jail or 140,000 baht fine. How many of the hundreds of crop burning farmers have been hit?

Can we make a guess? Or is that just a rhetorical question? And change that from hundreds to thousands...

Unbearable in most parts ...walking my Dogs in East  Pattaya   at Mabrachan lake  their used to be  a bit of greenery there   lots of  bushes, trees,  etc;   used  as a  Bicycle trail,  now its a Black  mess  of burnt tree stumps  mixed in with heaps of plastic garbage and a bad  after burn smell, that must have been    a huge fire/ smoke   recently

2 hours ago, Henryford said:

7 years in jail or 140,000 baht fine. How many of the hundreds of crop burning farmers have been hit?

Without coming to these drastic solutions it would be that the government starts to make a national law on the ban on burning in the open would be a good start, but I don't see any approach from the politicians in this regard for the next elections, to put the issue under the carpet like the usually they think it is but better solution.

 

What is the alternative to burning and have they been taught and promoted by govt experts to exactly what is required?

 

Are there too many humans involved in producing and consumption to earn govt fiat to survive and is this the result of the expectations of overpopulated human end consumers who require the end products to enjoy?

 

The basis for all this is always the increasing human needs and wants.