Over 10 million Thais require medical treatment because of air pollution in 2023
Thailand’s National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has warned that the government must do more to tackle air pollution as more than 10 million people in the country required treatment for pollution-related health problems in 2023.
Air quality in Thailand regularly plummets in the early months of the year as smoke from farmers burning stubble in the fields adds to industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes. (Photo: AFP)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand’s National Economic andSocial Development Council (NESDC) has warned that the government must do more to tackle air pollution as more than 10 million people in the countryrequired treatment for pollution-related health problems in 2023.
According to the NESDC, cities often rank amongthe worst in the world for PM 2.5 particles during the early months of the yeardue to farmers burning stubble and exhaust fumes.
The NESDC emphasised that local authorities should placeprioritisation on the impact of PM2.5 on public health.
Data from the Health Ministry show that in 2023, up to10.5 million people in the country suffered from diseases related to air pollution.
Since the beginning of this year, some 1.6 million people haveneeded treatment for problems linked to air pollution.
Air quality in Thailand regularly plummets in the earlymonths of the year as smoke from farmers burning stubble in the fields adds toindustrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes.
Last month, people in Bangkok were told to work from home fortwo days as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital.
🎉 Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has pledged to improveair quality in the country, and his cabinet endorsed a Clean Air Act inJanuary./.
In the face of the worsening air pollution, Hanoi is rolling out measures to control activities that generate emissions and dust in the locality, especially the burning of rice straw.
A court in Thailand on January 19 ordered the government to come up with an urgent plan to curb air pollution within 90 days, as the country braces for its annual peak of noxious haze.
The Thai government is accelerating efforts to hold talks with its Cambodian counterpart to address transboundary air pollution, which is posing an increasing threat to the health of people in Thailand, as the dry season, is expected to be dryer and longer this year due to the El Nino phenomenon, gets underway.
Thailand's army and Sa Kaeo provincial administration have joined hands with Cambodian authorities in tackling PM2.5 air pollution on the border between Sa Kaeo province in Thailand’s eastern region and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, reported The Nation newspaper.
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Air quality in Thailand regularly plummets in the early months of the year as smoke from farmers burning stubble in the fields adds to industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes. (Photo: AFP) 
