Thailand’s 55 provinces suffer from unsafe fine dust levels
Thailand’s Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation on March 8 reported that 55 provinces in the country saw fine dust levels above the safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³).
Bangkok (VNA)💫 – Thailand’s Centre for Air PollutionMitigation on March 8 reported that 55 provinces in the country saw fine dustlevels above the safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³).
Except for the country’s southern region, other regions suffered from unsafe levels of fine dust. Specifically, PM 2.5 levels were65-137 µg/m³ in the North, 48-170 µg/m³ in the Northeast, 50-98 µg/m³in theCentral Plain and the West, 59-86 µg/m³ in the East and 17-33 µg/m³ in theSouth. Bangkok and neighbouring localities witnessed fine dustlevels of 55-131 µg/m³. Responding to the increasing air pollution, Bangkokauthorities early this week called on people to wear facial masks when goingout. According to the website www.iqair.com, at 9:26 am on March8, Chiang Mai city in Thailand ranked 5th among major cities across the worldwith the worst air quality because of its Air Quality Index (AQI) of 181. AboveChiang Mai are the Iraqi capital Baghdad with an AQI of 230, the Pakistani cityof Lahore with an AQI of 224, Dubai of the United Arab Emirates with an AQI of193 and Delhi of India had an AQI of 185./.
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