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Chemical warehouse explosions prompt evacuations
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/04/2024
» Residents were evacuated from the area near chemical warehouses in Rayong's Ban Khai district after a fire broke out and explosions were heard on Monday.
Chiang Mai seeks solution to smog
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/11/2023
» As the smog season draws nearer, Chiang Mai tourism operators are urging the government to speed up the passage of the Clean Air Act to reduce pollution from the agricultural sector.
Chiang Mai tourism hit by smog
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/04/2023
» Severe haze pollution has not only posed a health hazard to residents in Chiang Mai, but also hit tourism.
Chiang Mai people sue PM for failing to tackle smog
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/04/2023
» About 1,700 people in Chiang Mai on Monday sued the prime minister and two state agencies for failing to tackle the annual smog over the region, which they say is shortening their lives by about five years.
Coming up for air
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/03/2023
» Thailand's surging PM2.5 dust pollution is damaging both the economy and people's health.
Pollution cuts life expectancy by two years
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/06/2022
» Air pollution shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.
80,000 affected by factory fire
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/07/2021
» At least 80,000 people have been affected by a massive fire that ravaged the Ming Dih Chemical Co factory complex in Samut Prakan on Monday.
Prayut orders pollution crackdown
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/12/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered government agencies to take action to fight the air pollution that has hit Bangkok and its surrounding provinces in recent days.
Haze causes thousands to fall ill in North
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/04/2019
» CHIANG MAI: More than 8,600 residents in northern Thailand have sought treatment for haze-related respiratory illnesses since January, according to the National Health Security Office (NHSO).
Rainmaking to begin this week to clear air
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/01/2019
» The government is stepping up efforts to fight the worsening, detrimental effects of air pollution caused by the fine dust that has blighted Bangkok and surrounding areas since late last year.