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Thailand: thousands of patients in a new episode of air pollution
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 7 hours ago , updated 7 hours ago
Some 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital this week for health problems linked to air pollution , health authorities said, as alert thresholds continued to be exceeded on Thursday March 9. Bangkok.
More than 1.3 million people have fallen ill in the kingdom since the start of the year due to polluted air, the Ministry of Public Health said on Wednesday evening.
A high level of fine particles
The capital Bangkok, a megalopolis of around 11 million inhabitants popular with tourists from all over the world, has been living since the beginning of the week in an opaque fog which encourages the population to wear the mask outside. The toxic " smog " that covers the horizon is linked to emissions from vehicles and industries, as well as fumes from the burning of seasonal crops, recurrent at this time of year.
A doctor from the Ministry of Public Health has asked Bangkokians to wear an N95 mask (equivalent to an FFP2) when going out. Children, pregnant women and people with respiratory or heart problems should also stay indoors, Kriangkrai Namthaisong added. The fifty districts of Bangkok all presented on Wednesday March 8 levels of fine particles (PM 2.5) (particularly dangerous because they penetrate deep into the lungs) well above the prevention thresholds.
A polluted and congested metropolis
This Thursday at noon, in the central district of Pathumwan, the rate of 70 micrograms per cubic meter over the last 24 hours was noted by a local agency for monitoring air pollution. It greatly exceeds the recommendation of the World Health Organization (15). The authorities of the metropolis (Bangkok Metropole Administration, BMA) have set up checkpoints to check the exhaust pipes of cars, said a spokesman for the BMA, Aekvarunyoo Amrapala.
Public nurseries have " dust-free rooms " with air purifiers to protect the youngest, he continued. During a previous episode of peak pollution at the end of January, the BMA asked residents to work from home, a measure which “ is still on the table ” according to the representative. The new governor of Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, was elected in May on promises to make life more pleasant in a highly polluted and congested megalopolis.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/...l-episode-de-pollution-atmospherique-20230309
Thailand: thousands of patients in a new episode of air pollution
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 7 hours ago , updated 7 hours ago
Some 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital this week for health problems linked to air pollution , health authorities said, as alert thresholds continued to be exceeded on Thursday March 9. Bangkok.
More than 1.3 million people have fallen ill in the kingdom since the start of the year due to polluted air, the Ministry of Public Health said on Wednesday evening.
A high level of fine particles
The capital Bangkok, a megalopolis of around 11 million inhabitants popular with tourists from all over the world, has been living since the beginning of the week in an opaque fog which encourages the population to wear the mask outside. The toxic " smog " that covers the horizon is linked to emissions from vehicles and industries, as well as fumes from the burning of seasonal crops, recurrent at this time of year.
A doctor from the Ministry of Public Health has asked Bangkokians to wear an N95 mask (equivalent to an FFP2) when going out. Children, pregnant women and people with respiratory or heart problems should also stay indoors, Kriangkrai Namthaisong added. The fifty districts of Bangkok all presented on Wednesday March 8 levels of fine particles (PM 2.5) (particularly dangerous because they penetrate deep into the lungs) well above the prevention thresholds.
A polluted and congested metropolis
This Thursday at noon, in the central district of Pathumwan, the rate of 70 micrograms per cubic meter over the last 24 hours was noted by a local agency for monitoring air pollution. It greatly exceeds the recommendation of the World Health Organization (15). The authorities of the metropolis (Bangkok Metropole Administration, BMA) have set up checkpoints to check the exhaust pipes of cars, said a spokesman for the BMA, Aekvarunyoo Amrapala.
Public nurseries have " dust-free rooms " with air purifiers to protect the youngest, he continued. During a previous episode of peak pollution at the end of January, the BMA asked residents to work from home, a measure which “ is still on the table ” according to the representative. The new governor of Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, was elected in May on promises to make life more pleasant in a highly polluted and congested megalopolis.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/...l-episode-de-pollution-atmospherique-20230309