Proposals to address air pollution in Mae Sai to be submitted to government

[webfact]

 

The private sector and civic groups in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai have formulated short and long term measures to address airborne pollution, which is threatening livelihoods and the physical health of residents in the district and elsewhere in northern provinces.

 

In the short term, they want the authorities declare Mae Sai district a public disaster zone, so that relief and help can be mobilised, such as face masks, medications and air purifying devices.

 

They also want Chiang Rai governor to coordinate with authorities in Myanmar and Laos, asking them to instruct their people to cease lighting or to reduce forest fires and the burning of farm waste, in strict compliance with the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, which was approved by all ASEAN member countries back in 2002.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/proposals-to-address-air-pollution-in-mae-sai-to-be-submitted-to-government/

 

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[stoner]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

in strict compliance with the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, which was approved by all ASEAN member countries back in 2002.

as i said before this entire region is a joke. 20 years ago and what has improved ? 

 

what a bunch of losers. 

[JoePai]

The whole of the North is a a public disaster zone - wake up Thailand

[Will B Good]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

They also want Chiang Rai governor to coordinate with authorities in Myanmar and Laos, asking them to instruct their people to cease lighting or to reduce forest fires and the burning of farm waste

How about getting your own house in order and stop trying to point the finger elsewhere......pathetic attempt at distraction.

[orchis]

Blaming Laos and Myanmar. Very Thai.

[sammieuk1]

In previous years the acting masquerading PM has ordered it gone looks like its down to sucking on a mint this year. good luck and glad I got out ????

[jvs]

Don't forget to close the tap when you are attempting to mop up the water.

Same empty talk each year and once the rains are here all is ok again.

Too little too late but i will bet my next paycheck next year it will be the same,and many years after that.

So far this rant about the government but what about the people who are complaining who still burn garbage every night?

 

 

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

such as face masks, medications and air purifying devices.

What about some proactive measures , it's not a one off natural disaster ,

it happens every year , same time, same places , I have never heard of

any arrests of arsonists ,that's what they are ,catch a few ,give them

really hard prison sentences , then they might realise it's not acceptable,

it affects people's health and the economy .

 

regards Worgeordie

[Elkski]

Coming to a town near you.  We get some bad days in Utah when those big California fires blow this way or we have a local forest fire.  We get some inversions too.   Is that 5x the Thai level or 8x the WHO level for on 2.5? 

[RichardColeman]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

In the short term, they want the authorities declare Mae Sai district a public disaster zone, so that relief and help can be mobilised, such as face masks, medications and air purifying devices.

Carry more weight if the TAT got involved

[BoganInParasite]

Coming home from Nan yesterday and driving north on the 101...passed through a village with an abandoned and overgrown school. There was a large team in there clearing it and burning the material in half a dozen fires on the small playing field at the front nearer the 101. Heavy dark smoke billowing into the sky. <deleted>. Visibility yesterday in the upper Nan River valley was about 700 meters.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

The private sector and civic groups in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai have formulated short and long term measures to address airborne pollution, which is threatening livelihoods and the physical health of residents in the district and elsewhere in northern provinces

Three measures that would work immediately.

#1 Sack the governor/Phu yai bans

#2 Jail the farmers or public members who burn land for crop/cultivation..

#3 Jail factory owners who buy crops from farmers who burn. 

[rwill]

I live in Ratchaburi and the smoke can be very bad here too.  Lots of sugar cane fields.  Harvesting runs from about Jan - Apr.  My yard fills with ashes from the fires.  A photo from a security camera at my new property shows a field burning in the background.

Edited March 28, 2023 by rwill

[Tarteso]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

They also want Chiang Rai governor to coordinate with authorities in Myanmar and Laos, asking them to instruct their people to cease lighting or to reduce forest fires and the burning of farm waste,

????????????

[SiSePuede419]

My wife from CR province claims this much burning didn't happen in the past and is a relatively recent thing.

 

She claims there was more rain, earlier.

 

I'm guessing that's FALSE because:

 

1) You don't notice things like that when you're a child unless your parents are reacting to it.

 

Saw her parents last weekend, they weren't wearing their masks indoors with the screen doors open to the 300-400 AQI dirty air outside that looks like snow.

 

Like the air inside your house doesn't come from outside and is cleaner because MAGIC, 555.

 

2) Your brain tends to forget the bad things and remember and enhance the good things from your past.

 

For example, I remember this one porn scene that I hadn't seen for maybe 15 years and I saw it again last year and it turns out my mind "edited" it and took out the boring parts and made the "good parts" better. ????

Edited March 28, 2023 by SiSePuede419

[SiSePuede419]

19 hours ago, Will B Good said:

How about getting your own house in order and stop trying to point the finger elsewhere......pathetic attempt at distraction.

Don't be silly.  What will all the government ASEAN officials have to TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK about at their VIP meetings? ????‍????

[Rimmer]

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[Venom]

What about if they start checking the trucks along outer ring road? Also, what about using leaf blowers? 

 

 

 

 

[drgoon]

There needs to be education about the cycle of events that contribute to this situation. 

The government can put in place legislation, enter into agreement with other nations as often as they do, but it amounts to nothing.

The caretaker at our local school rakes up piles of leaves and rubbish then sets fire to it while the teachers and kids are outside having morning assembly with smoke wafting over them. Many of the kids are visibly affected by this.

Stopping this pollution needs to be tackled not only through legislation but also education at the start in schools and also in community.

One of the obstacles is of course the fact that the general population accepts what is happening as mostly unavoidable and out of their control. 

Pressure for change needs to be put on local and central government. It needs to come from children and their families.