webfact Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Dust alert in all eight of Thailand's northern provincesBy Digital MediaBANGKOK, Mar 23 – The haze and dust situation in Thailand’s eight northern provinces may worsen, while Mae Hong Son residents were instructed to stay indoor and wear protective masks when going outdoor.Nopporn Cheanklin, deputy director general of the Disease Control Department, said the level of small dust particles and haze in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Mae Hong Son, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae and Nan may escalate but the situation should improve soon, as slash and burn for farming will be reduced in April.The dust particle level in Mae Hong Son was measured at 428 microgrammes/cubic metre, Phrae was 236 microgrammes/cubic metre, and Chiang Mai was 200 microgrammes/cubic metre. The standard maximum safe level is 120 microgrammes/cubic metre.Dr Nopporn said excessive dust particles will affect people suffering from respiratory problems or physical weakness as it lowers the volume of oxygen in the body and leads to eye, throat, respiratory, heart and circulatory problems.He told people in the northern provinces to wear masks and spray water on rooftop to flush away dust.Hospitals in the eight provinces of the North have treated 1,371 patients with eye infections, 16,977 patients with heart ailments and 22,644 patients with respiratory disease. (MCOT online news)-- TNA 2013-03-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The good old Thai dust. In the rest of the world it is called smog and pollution, but that would not help tourism would it. Nice blue skies here today with a slight sea breeze. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EyesWideOpen Posted March 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 Why are they re-branding smoke as dust ?????? I guess that makes it sound a bit more benign..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CobraSnakeNecktie Posted March 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 lets have a re labeling contest Deadly health robbing pollution becomes Vision Softening Global warming counter measures Sun shading Reality distortion clouds Free smoking for the citizens Population control measures Tourism reduction program 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post easyozzi Posted March 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 The SMOKE gets worse, year on year - Chiang Mai has seen a worsening this week in particular. Listening to the tourists going around town and everyone is complaining about it - hopefully they pass on this information through social media because it is only when the tourism figures drop that the authorities will actually do anything about it (even then, it's only a strong maybe of that happening) I for one am sick and tired of listening to media reports whereby "the government are looking into it" - words are cheap, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ! I agree that News Channels should be covering this in greater detail and embarrass the local authorities into ACTION, as it is the only way that progress will be made. This is affecting the health of tens of thousands of people Instead of "Amazing Thailand", why not tell then truth and make it "A Haze Over Thailand" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Must remember to take a broom with me when I go to dusty Beijing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunHehe Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 This isn't just your run of the mill, secondhand dust. This is the real deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Must remember to take a broom with me when I go to dusty Beijing. Many officials have BROOMS here, with a black cat, and pointed hats. But NO magic comes from them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chrisswe Posted March 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 Same as traffic dust Jomtien Pattaya !!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueyeshh Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Standard maximum save level 120? Sounds also nice but is already harmful. Not yet done the comparison what European or USA standards will call this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Dust what clown came up with that???? It is very serious smoke her in mae hong son it is difficult to breath outside. It burns the back of your throat. The government should take a grip and jail the crazy bastards who are burning. Yesterday my wife spoke to karen men who were burning asking them why. because we can was the answer. words fail me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Inflammatory nonsense posts and replies have been removed. Perhaps if would be better to contact the publisher of the story and complain to them about their hyperbole rather than clutter up the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halion Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Perhaps it would help if those idle lazy buggers in the national embassy's would issue travel alerts to their nationals concerning the hazards to their health. Yet we all sit by and let it happen year after year. Take years of your life, visit Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobl Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Cue Star Trek Music... Picard is tied to a chair, being subjected to psychological torture... "Do you see the dust Captain?"... "How much dust is there?" IT. IS. NOT. DUST!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salapau Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I'll coment whilst realising that nothing will change. The aticle states that the smog will start to clear in April when " slash and burn " stops. Slash and burn is " illegal " but the authorites can't or don't want to control or stop it. Yesterday there was a large area of land set on fire right on the edge of Mae Sariang town centre. Everyone was complaining, smoke was everywhere. What happened, nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk9 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 This really shows what a backward third world country Thailand is. Unfortunately, it's just a dusty.... sorry, smoky reflection of the dysfunctionality at all government levels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Mid afternoon and I am watching billows of smoke coming up right off HWY 107 in Mae Taeng. No one can miss it but it's just business as usual so no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Mid afternoon and I am watching billows of smoke coming up right off HWY 107 in Mae Taeng. No one can miss it but it's just business as usual so no worries. Why don't the BIB set up mountainside checks for anyone with matches or a lighter, and fine them 300 bht. But hand out 500 bht to anyone with a hose pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgodber Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Thailand's northern provincesare now the "HUB of DUST"Keep burning and keep coughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The smoke/smog haze in Chiang Mai on Wednesday morning equaled that of Hong Kong, congratulations ,you now have something in common. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The smoke/smog haze in Chiang Mai on Wednesday morning equaled that of Hong Kong, congratulations ,you now have something in common. If we all work together as one, maybe we can equal Beijing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancid Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I think there has been a lot of action, verbal as usual and not intending any actual action of course. This thread will be running in 10 years time just like now, with the usual government comments of impending action that will never eventuate. Now if there was a dollar to be made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Down here in western Bangkok, we get floods every now and then. A year and a half ago we got the big one. Up north, you get the burn every year. I don't know which is worse. But I think I'd rather take my chances with the flood. Thailand, where we're either drowning or choking. That is, when the skeeters aren't biting us to death. Nonetheless, I do love it, here. Beats West Nile and the drug cartels and banksters back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thai at Heart Posted March 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 It is quite embarrasing that the heartland of PTP with their supposed power, cannot convince anyone that burning everything has a detrimental effect in general to EVERYONE> 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhouZhou Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 It is quite embarrasing that the heartland of PTP with their supposed power, cannot convince anyone that burning everything has a detrimental effect in general to EVERYONE>you think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 It is quite embarrasing that the heartland of PTP with their supposed power, cannot convince anyone that burning everything has a detrimental effect in general to EVERYONE>you think so? I know one of the politcal families a bit who is very connected to Chiangmai red politics. They have been part of a working group trying to come up with a way to solve this for 10 years, and whatever they come up with, the farmers and the villages simply will not stop burning stuff. The current structure of elected pooyai bans completely prevents any action. The only eventuality, is that the solution has to be taken out of the local political structure, and a national control has to happen. By then I will be long gone, because that will never work in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cezar Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hello everyone I've been following this forum for a month now and this is my first post. I am planning to be a teacher in Chiang Mai for a year, but after reading this thread I am having some second thoughts... Guys, please tell me this ridiculous burning and smog is happening only in March and the rest of the year is all nice and fresh? If it's not... And I am guessing that the farmers are burning the forests so they can grow crop or are there any other reasons? Kop khun for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Dust, my as*! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANGOVER Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 As slash and burn is 'supposed' to be illegal, fine the perp's a set amount (obviously less the BiB cut) per rai burnt and maybe offer a reward for not burning. Police and government inaction needs to be addressed seriously, in lots of other cases too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Off topic posts as well as trolling posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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