Air pollution

Bangkok is placed at the 9th spot of the world’s top 10 cities with the worst air quality, Greenpeace Thailand said today quoting US air quality index (AQI)On top of the list is New Delhi with 309 on US AQI, Dhaka in Bangladesh with 293, ...

Air pollution blankets capital for third day in a row, with prospects of prolonged unhealthy air quality levels.Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to ...

Air pollution in the greater Bangkok area was again threatening residents’ health on Sunday morning.  The amount of PM2.5 – airborne dust particles 2.5 microns in diameter or less – exceeded the safe level of 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air along roads in ...

Acceptable PM2.5 levels in Thailand still too high and fail to meet world standards, say critics.From next month, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) will set PM2.5 particles as an indicator of Thailand’s air quality, but the move does not ease the concerns of people in ...

People are more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory disorders during the annual haze season in Southeast Asia, when densely polluted air hovers over the region, than at other times of year, a Malaysian study suggests.Keep reading ...

The failure in the implementation of the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) has led to the prolonged and severe haze season in the northern region of Southeast Asia, while the goal of a haze-free Asean by 2020 was far from achievable, environmentalists said ...

The North continued to choke in smog, as air pollution level soared in an increasing number of hotspots after the end of the ban on burning.The level of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in many provinces of the northern region, especially in Chiang ...

Air pollution in the North is expected to worsen following an end to the ban on outdoor burning in many provinces.Both academics and authorities yesterday (April 17) cautioned people in the North to be prepared for a new and final wave of hazardous haze, while ...

Air pollution has improved on previous years in nine northern provinces thanks to authorities strictly controlling slash-and-burn farming practices, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD). Sunee Piyapanpong, head of the Department of Pollution Control, Friday claimed success in reducing pollution, saying strict measures had ...

People in the North have been warned to prepare for a worsening haze problem this weekend as the weather forecast shows south-westerly winds that will carry air pollution into the region. The Northern Meteorological Centre (NMC) said that weather conditions during this period were the ...