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Thailand calls for tighter air-pollution control with open-burning ban, expanded work-from-home measures

Thailand calls for tighter air-pollution control with open-burning ban, expanded work-from-home measures

The Thai Government is urging stricter controls on pollution sources, a ban on open burning, and expanded work-from-home measures, given that PM2.5 fine dust pollution has surged since Jan. 14.
Thailand resorts to artificial rain as PM2.5 pollution reaches hazardous levels in Bangkok

Thailand resorts to artificial rain as PM2.5 pollution reaches hazardous levels in Bangkok

Thai airline halts certain domestic flights due to air pollution

Thai airline halts certain domestic flights due to air pollution

Air pollution might cost Bangkok nearly $90M in damage

Air pollution might cost Bangkok nearly $90M in damage

Economic damage from opportunity loss caused by air pollution, exceeding an average of 100µg/m³ on the Air Quality Index (AQI) in and around Bangkok over a one-month period, has been estimated at about THB3 billion (US$89.4 million), according to an assessment by Thailand’s Kasikorn Research Center (KRC).
January 27, 2025 | 10:57 pm PT
Bangkok faces hazardous air pollution levels

Bangkok faces hazardous air pollution levels

Bangkok experienced the highest air pollution levels in Thailand on Tuesday, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations reaching hazardous levels across all 50 districts of the capital, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).
January 7, 2025 | 06:33 am PT
Thailand mobilizes forces to tackle air pollution crisis

Thailand mobilizes forces to tackle air pollution crisis

Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment along with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and related officials have met on tackling the severe issue of air pollution.
April 11, 2024 | 06:23 pm PT
Smog and sick kids: Thai pupils endure air pollution

Smog and sick kids: Thai pupils endure air pollution

Hundreds of Thai children strain to sing the national anthem, reedy voices and fragile lungs competing against eight lanes of belching traffic next to their school's open atrium in central Bangkok.
March 14, 2024 | 04:00 pm PT
Every breath a struggle, as air pollution harms health in Thailand

Every breath a struggle, as air pollution harms health in Thailand

An elderly patient hooked up to a tangle of tubes lies struggling for breath in a Bangkok hospital as Thailand battles a "drastic increase" in respiratory problems caused by a spike in air pollution.
April 21, 2023 | 09:18 pm PT
Work-from-home order issued as Thai city chokes on pollution

Work-from-home order issued as Thai city chokes on pollution

Authorities on Friday urged people in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to stay indoors and work from home as air pollution spiked to hazardous levels.
April 6, 2023 | 08:16 pm PT
 
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