Chiang mai air pollution crisis

Meanwhile, a bit further south, Bangkok residents had more of the fine-dust particles, aka. On March 14th, the deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan visited Chiang Mai after the air quality worsened to critical levels over these past couple of days. The meeting concluded with a set up of haze and air pollution prevention unit by the 3rd Army Area.

Khun Pim Citylife adds her voice to the air pollution crisis. Sign in to follow this. I will continue to enjoy a few months in Chiang Mai every year.

This impacted not only the tourism industry but also the health of all residents. The chief of the Climate Change Centre at Chiang Mai University, Associate Professor Seth Sampattakul, says the north will have to wait for the forest fires to be extinguished or the arrival of the rainy season. March were almost treble January levels and were “Unhealthy” according to the U. The dirty, toxic air is caused by crop burning, human-instigated forest fires, and by automobile emissions, and is measured by levels of particulate matter (PM) suspended in the air that is then inhaled. Air Quality Index (AQI).

The idea incorporates “Clean Rooms” where pollutants are filtered out, ensuring the air inside is safe to breathe. A community website dedicated to sharing air pollution. There are two issues causing air pollution in Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai, in particular, has been at a crisis level for a decade now.

Particularly those taking passengers up to Doi Suthep. Thailand pollution crisis : The city. The checks are in accordance with Chiang Mai ’s measure to reduce PM 2. Citizens are suffering from the constant PM 2. Chiang Mai has remained in the worst air polluted cities in the world for weeks straight. Chiang Mai SINCE THE air in entire villages or towns cannot be purified in the face of the raging smog crisis in the North, safety zones have been proposed as a way of protecting the most vulnerable people. Bangkok has always been the priority, the centre of authority and development, leaving other parts of the country out in the cold.

The move came after the Climate Change Data Centre in Chiang Mai province blamed the burning of sugar cane husks to clear the land for increasing air pollution. Recognising the serious air pollution in Samoeng district’s tambon Yang Mern, a team from Chiang Mai University will head to the area on Sunday. The team said it will conduct health checks for locals particularly children, the elderly, those with chronic diseases, as well as officials fighting forest fires. And Chiang - Mai -based.

Get real-time, historical and forecast PM2. 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. The region is already experiencing unhealthy to hazardous levels of air pollution as of Thursday, February 2 and the situation is forecast to worsen despite a full ban on open burning.

With so many farmers around Chiang Mai practicing agricultural burning, the effect is huge amounts of smoke hanging over the Chiang Mai area for several weeks every year, and much higher levels of air pollution than most of the rest of the year. The city’s Natural Resources and Environmental department has come up with a plan to solve the air pollution problem which became a crisis earlier this year costing the city and province millions in lost revenue. DNA adduct formation among workers in a Thai industrial estate and nearby residents. Pollution levels have reached the hazardous zone and remained there for many weeks, the Associated Press reported. Chiang Mai is now at the top of the list of the world’s most polluted cities on many days.

By some accounts, the increasing pollution issue has been caused by villagers who are burning forests to gather mushrooms and other products. Some of the tourists to Chiang Mai at Songkran are Thai and they are going elsewhere as the news of the PM 2. Unfortunately, the resultant smoke, haze, dust and debris creates not only widespread and chronic air pollution in and around Chiang Mai but also imparts a lingering campfire-like smell an in places, a covering layer of fine ash. We rented a car in Chiang Mai , and drove all across the country, over to Udon, and down to Hua Hin and Bangkok. The pollution in Chiang Mai was awful. I could not see any mountains from the city, which kind of defeats the whole point of visiting Chiang Mai.

The standard level for these particles in the air is 1micrograms per cubic metre. Currently, provincial authorities have limited power to tackle the crisis.