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[kwilco]

18 hours ago, MarkBR said:

We have wonderful air up around Chiang Mai, Lamphun & surrounding provinces.  Maybe if this afflicts Bangkok, maybe then the politicians will actually do something.  Although, 35 is not bad, was in Xi'an when the ppm hit nearly 400 which was very very bad.

you mean NOW? Chiang Mai is potentially one of te most polluted cities in all of S.E. Asia - tens of thousands are treated in hospitals every year.

[kwilco]

5 hours ago, MarkBR said:

Will be getting an air purifier for this seaon's fire burning.  I agree it is horrific.  Just pointing out 35 is not bad, comparatively.

that is about as useful as a chocolate teapot!

[NorthernRyland]

Chiang Mai is always polluted except directly after a rain. probably a million cars and motorbikes spewing pollution. However even in Samoeng with very few cars it's 80 now with clear skies and just had a little rain even. Not sure the numbers are so high.

 

If you love and die by those numbers I would leave all of Asia and never return. pm2.5 is always. Even in rural areas the people burn daily and in huge quantities in the evening.

 

 

[xtrnuno41]

Well that is because there are lots of chain smokers in BK ! 

[Will B Good]

 

 

Why are people getting stressed about the AQI?......The government have repeatedly assured the public it is being closely monitored.

[Rolo89]

Thailand currently has the place with the worst air quality on earth.

 

 

 

[MarkBR]

4 hours ago, kwilco said:

that is about as useful as a chocolate teapot!

HIgh quality air purifiers will work to reduce dramatically pm2.5.  Cheap ones will not work so well.

[shackleton]

Yet floods Air pollution Tourists come in their millions to Thailand 🇹🇭.

Am I missing something do the Thai Tourust people know something positive we 

Don't 🤔

 

[kwilco]

8 hours ago, MarkBR said:

HIgh quality air purifiers will work to reduce dramatically pm2.5.  Cheap ones will not work so well.

 

 

Not really depends on where and how you use them - which is only in a few circumstances - While some costly air purifiers are highly effective indoors, they are only part of the solution for living in a polluted city. You would have to stay indoors all the time for them to be effective.,  The purifier can help to create safe, clean space at home (or at work). You still have to use your purifier in conjunction with outdoor precautions like masks, timing, and limiting outdoor exposure during peak pollution,.

 

[Captain Flack]

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[kwilco]

19 hours ago, rumeaug said:

Wonder where that smog comes from though

As said  - traffic and industry.TH reason for smog is there is no wind to blow the stuff away and a clouded sky, so pollutants just gather under the clouds and stay where they are.BKK is low lying and the weather is often ver clam. Chiang Mai is is just sitting in a "bowl" surrounded by hills so it is particularly prone to bouts of smog especialally between Jan and April when crop burning and man-made fires together with traffic and industry al come together to create a pollution soup of PM2.5 particles

[kwilco]

21 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Chiang Mai is always polluted except directly after a rain. probably a million cars and motorbikes spewing pollution. However even in Samoeng with very few cars it's 80 now with clear skies and just had a little rain even. Not sure the numbers are so high.

 

If you love and die by those numbers I would leave all of Asia and never return. pm2.5 is always. Even in rural areas the people burn daily and in huge quantities in the evening.

 

 

I know several Thai families who desperately want to leave the region. They are very concerned about this recurring PM2 5 pollution.

In just one hospital in 2023, 12,671 people sought treatment for respiratory issues at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital between January 1 and March 31 due to air pollution. The hospital was unable to treat many people due to overcrowding in the inpatient wing

[kwilco]

21 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Chiang Mai is always polluted except directly after a rain. probably a million cars and motorbikes spewing pollution. However even in Samoeng with very few cars it's 80 now with clear skies and just had a little rain even. Not sure the numbers are so high.

 

If you love and die by those numbers I would leave all of Asia and never return. pm2.5 is always. Even in rural areas the people burn daily and in huge quantities in the evening.

 

 

Just because a city was "always polluted" doesn't make it right. And it's getting worse.

Firstly Chiang Mai for instance has more cars and more I dustry. Then there is crop burning and nan made fires.

Despite being illegal they are on the increase due to pressure from the CARTELs that run the sugar, maize and rice commodities. They encourage more production and using burning as a short cut to growing more crops.

The impact on tourism  Thailand's golden child of the economy is also being felt. For many areas on the North now Jan to March is closed season when in other parts of the country, it is peak season.

This may make even the authorities sit up and take note.

 

Exposure to PM2.5 is calculated to take 2 or more years off  life expectancy 

 

[brfsa2]

Here where I have my second home in the country side, not a small town, the government stopped collecting the trash, now everyone has to burn their own trash, just every where people are burning plastics and trash. 

They said, the local gov. don't have place to burn the trash, so cannot collect anymore!!!!