Measures taken to reduce haze
By The Nation

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Water trucks sprayed water on roadside trees and plants and cleaned road surfaces in Chiang Mai's Muang district on Wednesday to improve humidity and reduce small particulate dust as temperatures rise.

 

The move is part of the province's measures to reduce haze and boost public awareness of the issue. Authorities are monitoring hotspots in the region and several provinces including Chiang Mai have imposed a ban on outdoor burning until this weekend.

 

According to the Pollution Control Department, Lampang's Mae Mo district (Tambon Ban Dong) reported a PM10 level at 131 micrograms per cubic metre at 9am on Wednesday. 

 

A PM10 level exceeding 120mcg can affect people’s health.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30312132

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-12

No change, T.I.T. Come back next year.

As usual, no report of PM^2.5  particulate levels which are far more dangerous to health, and these smaller particles travel much further afield from their sources. The failure to report these levels and their more serious consequences is beginning to look more like deliberate childish obstinacy rather than just ignorance. Despair!

Here http://aqicn.org/city/thailand/chiangmai/yupparaj-wittayalai-school/ everybody can see the outcome of this monkey action.
As DNPBC0 wrote: "PM^2.5  particulate levels are far more dangerous to health".

Wonderful---i was just thinking to myself the other day

 

You know what would help--HUMIDITY--or MORE of it

 

Is already at 40 in the "feels like" temps...

 

No wonder thailand is NO 1....full of rocket scientists!

Still not working. 

They need some more field burning. That will hep.

Did notice on my soaking ride back to my room today

that its the clearest ive seen the mountain since being back...

 

Rain is a godsend...funny how it arrives during songran.....

On 12/04/2017 at 6:04 PM, rebo said:

Here http://aqicn.org/city/thailand/chiangmai/yupparaj-wittayalai-school/ everybody can see the outcome of this monkey action.
As DNPBC0 wrote: "PM^2.5  particulate levels are far more dangerous to health".

Your link shows PM <2.5 being higher than PM <10 and I wonder how that can be possible since PM <2.5 is a component of PM <10?

Im fast to criticize them, so it's only fair to give them credit. This year has been tolerable. There is still a problem, obviously, but compared to years past it's much better.

I agree the air seems slightly better but oh man clear skies today

 

but that humidity is kicking...a double songkran water whammy

 

grateful i have AC this time around--i suffered last time with only a fan...

*soccerball being the AC*

16 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

Your link shows PM <2.5 being higher than PM <10 and I wonder how that can be possible since PM <2.5 is a component of PM <10?

I agree this is confusing, but the numbers in the table are AQI values and not concentrations. See:
http://aqicn.org/faq/2013-02-02/why-is-pm25-often-higher-than-pm10/