Bangkok ended up recording the world’s third worst air quality on Air Visual, the air quality monitoring app, yesterday. Not a chart you want to be on top of. Meanwhile, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority remains on high alert for a predicted rise in PM2.5 levels for the rest of the week. High temperatures and light winds are compounding the problem (forecast below).
The industrial areas of Bangkok are also heavily polluted as well as the air quality at the seaside resort of Pattaya, southeast of Bangkok. Today’s Air Quality map here…
Fine dust pollution exceeded the safe threshold in 45 of the 48 areas of greater Bangkok this morning with the worst in Bangkok’s Bung Kum district, according to the Pollution Control Department.
Meanwhile the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is putting its health officials on high alert following a rise of the hazardous ultra-fine dust, aka. PM2.5, in 38 of 50 areas in the capital, suburbs and adjacent provinces.
According to the Pollution Control Department the levels of fine particulate matter in the 38 areas ranged from 40 to 71µg/m³. The World Health Authority sets ’50’ as its upper safety limit for 2.5 micron air pollution levels.
The director of the BMA’s Health Department, Chawin Sirinak, says the Communicable Diseases Control Division is closely monitoring guidelines drawn up to help authorities effectively respond to air pollution around the city.
He says officials at mobile units led by 68 health offices have been instructed to step up awareness campaigns among city residents, with a focus on the most vulnerable groups – the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with heart and respiratory complaints.
The Thai Interior Minister, Anupong Paojinda, is ordering police to strictly monitor emissions from vehicles and factories and enforce the ban on open-air burning to help relieve the situation.
-
RESPRO® MASKS
-
Pollution Masks since 1993 - The 'Original' and still the best - Made in the UK - respro.com
-
THE AIR WE BREATHE
-
The Respro® Bulletin Board is designed to keep you up to date with current views and issues relating to Air Pollution and its health implications in our daily lives.
-
WATCH OUR ANIMATION
TOP POSTS AND PAGES
- Study suggests that air pollution promotes inflammation in the brain, accelerating consequences for dementia
- Old diesel vehicles are worst polluters; restricting it can reduce pollution
- REVIEW: Running in Haze
- 7 districts in Taichung, Taiwan exposed to 8 cancerous air pollutants
- I’ve been wearing a mask since 2018. Here’s what I learned.
- Follow Respro® Bulletin Board on WordPress.com
-
LOCAL AIR QUALITY
-
Click the map to find out about current air quality levels where you live.
-
FOLLOW RESPRO®
-
WHY WEAR A MASK?
-
Essential features required of a mask to work properly: Why wear a mask?
-
For information on the products we provide please visit our website respro.com Respro® will ship your order of any product, any quantity to anywhere on the planet free of charge.
-
KEY POINTS TO A MASK
-
Three important points to look out for in an air pollution mask:
Key Points to a Mask -
SIZING GUIDE
-
TIME TO CHANGE YOUR FILTER?
-
THERE ARE FOUR RESPRO® FILTER TYPES
-
HOW TO CHANGE THE FILTER
-
BUY NEW FILTERS
-
RESPRO® ON INSTAGRAM
Air Pollution Air Quality Asthma Beijing Boris Johnson California Canada China Delhi Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) diesel exhaust fumes EU - European Union Europe forest fire France Germany HAZE Health Effects of Air Pollution India Indonesia Iran King's College London London London Mayor Malaysia Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 NOx Ozone O3 Paris PM - Particulate Matter PM2.5 PM10 Research Respro® Masks FAQ Respro® Products Scotland Singapore Smog Sulfur Dioxide SO2 Thailand UK USA vehicle emissions wildfires World Heath Organization (WHO)
-
CATEGORIES
- Africa
- Air Quality
- Allergies
- Asia
- Asthma
- Australia & Oceania
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cycling
- Europe
- Exercise & Air Pollution
- France
- Germany
- Hayfever
- Health Effects of Air Pollution
- Help & FAQs
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Italy
- Japan
- Latin America
- London
- Malaysia
- Medical Studies
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Mongolia
- Philippines
- Poland
- Research on Air Pollution in the UK
- Respro® How To Videos
- Respro® Mask Reviews
- Respro® Masks
- Respro® Products
- Running
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sports
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- UK
- USA
- USA & Canada
- Vietnam
- World News