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Cooperation vital to end haze crisis
More than a decade after fine dust particles known as PM2.5 emerged as a health threat in Chiang Mai, the province has started to embrace a new approach that opens the doors to cooperation between state and civic sectors to tackle the problem. Keep reading ...
Calls for schools in Chiang Mai to close as haze crisis worsens
With Chiang Mai entering the global list for worst air pollution, calls are growing for schools and educational institutes in the northern province to close down temporarily for the sake of students.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
SPECIAL REPORT: In Search of A Breath of Fresh Air
The causes of smog that have emerged as a threat to public health are well known; the real challenge is to implement the solutions.Environment Minister General Surasak Kanchanarat assured the public on Wednesday that the government has a plan and will take steps to tackle ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Official air quality standards raise concerns
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 ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Air quality again hits unsafe levels
Poor air quality is again a concern after the Pollution Control Department detected amounts of micro-fine dust exceeding safe limits at all five air quality monitoring stations on Monday.The department said the average value of so-called particulate matter, or PM 2.5 over the past 24 ...
Air quality worsens but data lacking in Northeast areas
Air pollution from particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) continues to ravage the North and Northeast but no accurate measurements are available, as many provinces do not have PM2.5 monitoring stations.As seasonal haze intensifies in the North from the accumulation of fine particulate matter ...
Chiang Mai doctor savages authorities as pollution levels soar
THE SMOG situation in the North has reached hazardous level, especially in Lampang, where the amount of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) has increased beyond 200 milligrams per cubic metre of air.Air quality in the northern region yesterday, measured by both the Pollution ...
