Tag: Pollution
Poll on plan to check diesel-engine vehicles twice a year
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is gauging the public’s opinion on the department’s plan to require diesel-engine vehicles, which are over 20 years old, to [Read More…]
Hazardous smog chokes North, world’s 4th worst level in Chiang Mai
Most provinces in the North were blanketed with dangerous red-coded levels of PM2.5 on Monday morning, with Chiang Mai rated the city with the fourth [Read More…]
Thai Scientists Uncover Fossil Fuel Pollution in Antarctica
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thai scientists have discovered contamination from fossil fuel combustion in sediment samples from Antarctica’s King George Island, raising concerns over pollution in [Read More…]
Hazardous smog blankets 37 Thai provinces
![Dust, smoke haze and smogin Bangkok from a roof of Phaholyothin Place tower in Samsen Nai.](https://www.thailandnews.co/wp-content/uploads/Bangkok-smog-smoke-haze-pollution-pm25.jpg)
Hazardously thick smog shrouded 37 of the 77 provinces on Monday morning, mostly in the North where Chiang Rai residents suffered under the worst level [Read More…]
Air Pollution Spurs Lung Cancer Spike in Northern Thailand
BANGKOK (NNT) – Northern Thailand is confronting a critical public health issue, with Chiang Mai and Lampang provinces experiencing alarmingly high mortality rates from lung [Read More…]
Air pollution affects hotel bookings in Chiang Mai
CHIANGMAI, April 3 (TNA) – The situation of forest fires in Chiang Mai continues to be severe, resulting in high levels of air pollution. This [Read More…]
Thailand examines Chinese-owned factories across the country
The House committee on industries is checking the legality of Chinese-owned factories nationwide as it has found some of them had violated the law and [Read More…]
Worsening air pollution in eight northern Thai provinces
Airborne PM2.5 dust reached the health-threatening Red level in eight northern provinces Thursday morning, with Mae Hong Son being the hardest hit. Chiang Mai’s Air [Read More…]