2024-02-16 06:47:29
Published16. February 2024, 07:47
Thailand: Toxic smog: Bangkok one of the most polluted cities in the world
The eleven million residents of the Thai metropolis of Bangkok are suffering from particularly high levels of air pollution these days. The authorities are drawing up an air purity law.
The particularly dangerous fine dust pollution in Bangkok is currently 15 times higher than recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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On Thursday morning, air quality reached a negative maximum.
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The fine dust pollution in Bangkok is currently 15 times higher than recommended by the WHO.
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This made Bangkok one of the ten most polluted cities in the world on Thursday.
Toxic smog in Bangkok: The eleven million residents of the Thai metropolis are suffering from particularly high levels of air pollution these days. Air quality reached an all-time high on Thursday morning, according to IQAir, an international air quality monitoring company. Bangkok authorities called on companies to let their employees work from home.
One of the ten most polluted cities in the world
The particularly dangerous fine dust pollution in Bangkok is currently 15 times higher than recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), as IQAir also announced. This made Bangkok one of the ten most polluted cities in the world on Thursday.
In addition to air pollutants from industry and traffic, there are seasonal fires from agriculture in these weeks. In the first few months of each year, farmers in the Southeast Asian country burn the stubble in the fields.
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The air in the cities of Bangkok and Chiang Mai was among the worst in the world on some days last year. This is already having health consequences: at least two million people in Thailand received medical treatment in 2023 because of air pollution.
Plan once morest air pollution
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin took over the reins of government in August last year. He promised to put the fight once morest air pollution on his agenda.
The draft for an air purity law passed through the cabinet in January. At the same time, a Thai court ordered the country’s government to submit a plan to combat air pollution within 90 days.
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