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Bangkok among world's worst cities for pollution
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/10/2024
» Bangkok and Chiang Mai have made it into the top 50 cities worldwide for dust pollution, according to the latest data from Swiss-based IQAir.
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 smog world's worst again
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/04/2023
» Chiang Mai had the world’s worst air pollution again on Tuesday morning, with an air quality index (AQI) of 180, according to the air-pollution monitoring website IQAir.
Chiang Mai hospitals overflow with pollution sufferers
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2023
» Air pollution in Chiang Mai has reached hazardous levels, with people suffering from respiratory issues filling up local hospitals, the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Medicine reported.
Chiang Mai air still the worst
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/03/2023
» Chiang Mai was again listed on Wednesday as the city with the worst air pollution in the world, according to pollution monitoring website IQAir.
Dust unsafe in more than 50 provinces
R May, Published on 08/03/2023
» PM2.5 levels were above the safe threshold in 55 provinces on Wednesday morning, the Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation reported.
Bangkok air world's 3rd worst
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/12/2020
» The air quality index (AQI) in Bangkok soared to an unsafe level on Tuesday morning, ranking the capital third in the world's worst air pollution list.
Chiang Mai air pollution worst in the world
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/03/2019
» Forest fires have sent air quality in nine provinces to a level considered harmful to people's health, as cities in the North registered air quality that was among the world's worst.
Avoiding the great outdoors
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/02/2019
» Exercise enthusiast Saowaphak Pinijpichitkul mistook the toxic haze that had shrouded Bangkok earlier for dense morning fog, and thus didn't realise the health risks when she decided to continue her outdoor run day after day. The subsequent symptoms told her she was all wrong.
New Year celebrations not helping Bangkok pollution
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/02/2019
» Thais of Chinese descent largely ignored Bangkok's call for restraint in burning of incense and "spirit money" to mark the Lunar New Year as the city fights choking pollution.