Chiang Mai residents turn to sarcasm in desperation over PM2.5 pollution

[webfact]

 

A number of Chiang Mai’s residents have taken to social media to post sarcastic comments about the continuing air pollution, in desperation over government’s failure to address the problem.

 

One such comment reads “We will select and burn only quality dried leaves. There is smoke from the forest fires in the northern mountains mixed with smoke from maize waste. They are burn during the break from the threat from weed-killing chemicals. You can be sure that every grain of the super fine PM2.5 will reach your nose and get into your lungs. Hurry up, the dried leaves will run out soon.”

 

The other comment, from Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, an oncology specialist at the Faculty of Medicine of Chiang Mai University, reads “Chiang Mai, every breath is an adventure. It is crazy today, an unliveable place.”

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chiang-mai-residents-turn-to-sarcasm-in-desperation-over-pm2-5-pollution/

 

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[2baht]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A number of Chiang Mai’s residents have taken to social media to post sarcastic comments about the continuing air pollution, in desperation over government’s failure to address the problem.

Has it reduced the problem? ????

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A number of Chiang Mai’s residents have taken to social media to post sarcastic comments about the continuing air pollution, in desperation over government’s failure to address the problem

One day is all it would take to change all this.

Every concerned CM citizen that is sick and tired of choking to death every day should march and sit outside the governors office.

Shame the utterly useless man into doing something or pack up and retire.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The other comment, from Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, an oncology specialist at the Faculty of Medicine of Chiang Mai University, reads “Chiang Mai, every breath is an adventure. It is crazy today, an unliveable place.”

I bet you won't see that on a brochure from TAT.

[LivinLOS]

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080103234568

And not one drop of self reflection !! 

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

What do the wonderful so intelligent people think will cure this, ....oh stop all burning ....great idea, however you need then to ENFORCE that not only in Thailand but, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.  Fine Mother NATURE for not providing enough wind and rain to move the air around to lessen the impact. Enforcement as we all know is almost non-existent in all these countries 

 

when you have done that relocate Chiang Mai to a hilltop where winds clow all the time and the smog will  not sit as it does in the valley currently .

 

There simple .....!!!

[TheFishman1]

[rwill]

Burning is a way of life here.  Even those complaining are still probably burning refuse in their yards.

[koolkarl]

Social media accomplishes nothing.  Serious demonstrations will.  It is hard to believe how docile people can

be when this cancer causing air is killing them, their kids and pets,  24/7. Wake up! Already the news that Chiang Mai

is the most polluted city in the world has been on Al Jazeera, BBC and a German tv station so far to my knowledge.

I hope that tourists don't come here for years to teach these politicians a lesson. 

[JoePai]

23 minutes ago, rwill said:

Burning is a way of life here.  Even those complaining are still probably burning refuse in their yards.

Agree - more fool the people who live in and around Chiang Mai

[mrfill]

This escalation should be suppressed or it could lead to an outbreak of cynicism.

 

Scary

[Tarteso]

Stop tourism in Northern Thailand and let the Thais breathe their air, (both; the rulers and the lighter-wielding farmers).

 

 I  just moved to the coast after 10 years living in the hell. Family happy with the new and healthier life. ????

[damian]

1 hour ago, koolkarl said:

Social media accomplishes nothing.  Serious demonstrations will.  It is hard to believe how docile people can

be when this cancer causing air is killing them, their kids and pets,  24/7. Wake up! Already the news that Chiang Mai

is the most polluted city in the world has been on Al Jazeera, BBC and a German tv station so far to my knowledge.

I hope that tourists don't come here for years to teach these politicians a lesson. 

Actually it did with the wires in BKK. Suggest a high profile actor gets here and posts on his facebook page the disaster that is. Thais dont watch Al Jazeera, BBC or German TV. 

[cardinalblue]

2 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Stop tourism in Northern Thailand and let the Thais breathe their air, (both; the rulers and the lighter-wielding farmers).

 

 I  just moved to the coast after 10 years living in the hell. Family happy with the new and healthier life. ????

Beware - driving on the roads here has no boundaries….

[cardinalblue]

4 hours ago, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

What do the wonderful so intelligent people think will cure this, ....oh stop all burning ....great idea, however you need then to ENFORCE that not only in Thailand but, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.  Fine Mother NATURE for not providing enough wind and rain to move the air around to lessen the impact. Enforcement as we all know is almost non-existent in all these countries 

 

when you have done that relocate Chiang Mai to a hilltop where winds clow all the time and the smog will  not sit as it does in the valley currently .

 

There simple .....!!!

Blaming other countries burning in a regional geography where wind is non existent seems to be a major contradiction…

 

CM smoke is all home generated and topography confirms it…

 

Hang ‘em and hang ‘em high!

[anterian]

One cannot complain to Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, without first getting your own country under control. 

[JeffersLos]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Every concerned CM citizen that is sick and tired of choking to death every day should march and sit outside the governors office.

After they've died?

[VocalNeal]

4 hours ago, koolkarl said:

this cancer causing air

Is this proven???? Or is it an example of sarcasm

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

in desperation over government’s failure to address the problem.

For reference from today's Khmer media (10 April 2023):-

Interestingly Cambodia was not included so I assume the country does not contribute to Thailand's air pollution.

 

Thailand on Friday called for efforts to create constructive and concrete approaches to tackle the region’s transboundary haze problem. This came as Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hosted an online trilateral meeting Friday with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501270363/thailand-seeks-regional-cooperation-to-tackle-haze-problem/

[BritManToo]

47 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Interestingly Cambodia was not included so I assume the country does not contribute to Thailand's air pollution.

Just before COVID I flew to Siem Reap during the smokey season, it was way less polluted than Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Cycling around SanSai earlier this week, plenty of forest fires to cycle past. Every morning when I open the doors i can smell the wood smoke.

 

Thailand is the only country responsible for the pollution in Thailand.

All this 'other countries are causing the pollution' is just lies.

No Thai will accept responsibility for the problems they cause, it's always someone else's fault!

[koolkarl]

5 hours ago, damian said:

Actually it did with the wires in BKK. Suggest a high profile actor gets here and posts on his facebook page the disaster that is. Thais dont watch Al Jazeera, BBC or German TV. 

Well the fires are still raging so what has social media done? And it doesn't matter if Thais don't watch Al Jazeera, etc.,

it matters that the foreigners do so they won't come here.

[cncltd1973]

your government heard you and will make thailand a wellness destination, problem solved

[oustaristocrats]

Yes, I would expect the Thai people know in the meantime whom not to vote for next month :) Assume they understand these problem are linked to the man in office and his inner circle. 

[n00dle]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

One day is all it would take to change all this

oh really?

a single day to stop the burning domestically and in neighboring countries?

[n00dle]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Thailand is the only country responsible for the pollution in Thailand.

All this 'other countries are causing the pollution' is just lies.

No Thai will accept responsibility for the problems they cause, it's always someone else's fault!

While Thailand certainly contributes to the pollution, it is by far not the worst offender in the region.

A quick look at the fire map from the past 24 hours shows pretty clearly that burring is entirely unchecked in neighboring countries,

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:adv;d:2023-04-10;@104.9,15.2,6z

Thailand is certainly guilty of not stopping the fires dead within their own borders, but really, how big a difference will that make without regional cooperation?

[hotchilli]

15 minutes ago, n00dle said:

oh really?

a single day to stop the burning domestically and in neighboring countries?

One day to get the utterly useless governor out of office, or at least of his fat ar$e.

Which would be a great start.

Other countries are another matter to be solved diplomatically.

 

[Sweet Swede]

When they don't go after culprits this will never end. The authorities spend millions on extinguishing the fires but kiss the ass of the igniters. Pathetic.

[Hervey Bay]

There seems to be debate about whether the smoke is caused locally or by neighbouring countries. The answer is simple :

 

There is a constant background level caused by other countries. Then that is made far worse by local burning and the topography of Chiang Mai.

Cut out the local burning and things will be much better, as evidenced by people who say they have gone elsewhere in the region and it has been not been nearly so bad.

[tandor]

i bet the Headline will be the same 2024-5-6-7 into oblivion

[Stargeezr]

My solution is just do not go to Northern Thailand during the smoky season. Plenty of other times where the air 

is much better. I would stay in Hua Hin and enjoy the ocean air until the smoke has left the northern parts.

  Problem solved.  Well at least for me.