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Air quality in capital on the mend, pollution dept says
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2026
» Air quality in Bangkok is improving, with average PM2.5 levels at the end of the year falling over the past two years, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD).
Smog to persist for a week
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/01/2026
» Toxic haze continued to blanket Bangkok and large parts of the country, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeding safe limits in 45 provinces nationwide, authorities said, warning that unhealthy air conditions could persist until Jan 23.
Tackling roots of PM2.5 air pollution in Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2025
» Haze pollution was a chronic problem nationwide, long before the capital was blanketed in PM2.5 pollutants over the past few weeks.
Health ministry to push work from home nationwide
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/01/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health will propose encouraging people across the country to work from home next week, after levels of PM2.5 ultrafine dust pollution exceeded safe levels in almost every province on Tuesday, with the worst recorded in Greater Bangkok.
Unsafe levels of smog cover upper Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/02/2024
» Forty-eight from all 77 provinces, especially those in the Northeast, experienced hazardous levels of ultrafine dust on Thursday morning, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
PM2.5 dust levels worsen, schools keep kids indoors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/02/2024
» The levels of fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) are still high in 30 provinces, including Bangkok, and schools nationwide are limiting outdoor activities for fear of risking their students' health.
Capital’s PM2.5 levels soar
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/01/2024
» Levels of PM2.5 pollution surpassed the safe threshold throughout Bangkok on Tuesday morning.
Srettha told to combat haze
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/01/2024
» The Administrative Court in Chiang Mai has instructed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the National Environmental Board (NEB) to put in place measures to combat ultra-fine dust pollution and especially safeguard the health of people in the northern region.
Smog worse, and spreading
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/01/2024
» Forty-eight of the 77 provinces were blanketed in unsafe levels of ultra-fine dust on Tuesday morning, 21 of them reporting red-level air pollution.
41 provinces face unsafe dust levels
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/01/2024
» Forty-one of the country's 77 provinces were shrouded with unsafe levels of ultra-fine dust, the greatest number being in the Central Plains, yesterday.