Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Pollution in Thailand at ‘stable’ level for past five years By The Nation Environmental Health day to be marked with measures to improve the quality of air THOUGH MILLIONS of people across the world succumb to ailments caused by air pollution every year, Thailand’s situation has been described as “stable in the past five years”. This is despite the fact that pollution in the North was worse than ever this year, officials said yesterday. As much as 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in highly polluted areas, which contributed to an annual 7 million deaths, Department of Health director-general Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn told the press yesterday ahead of Thai Environmental Health Day marked every year on July 4. This year, the day will be marked with an event on July 1 and 2 at Miracle Grand Convention Hotel under the theme “Better Air Quality for Better Health”. Meanwhile, Pollution Control Department (PCD) executive Pansak Thiramongkol said that air pollution in Thailand has been generally stable over the past five years, though the key issues of concern are fine airborne particulate matter 10 microns or less in diameter and the depleting ozone layer. Air pollution peaked beyond safety levels in the North during the dry season from January to April, he said, adding the situation was worsened further as the El Nino phenomenon pushed the temperatures higher by a couple of degrees and the rate of rainfall dropped by 10 per cent. To add to this, there were many forest fires sparked by fires set off by farmers to clear their farmland nearby. Air pollution in Tambon Na Phra Lan in Saraburi province’s Chalerm Phrakiat district was also bad this year because the production of cement and construction contributed to more dust in the air during the dry season. Meanwhile, the average level of PM2.5, or dust particles that are smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter, in Bangkok and nearby provinces stood at 27 micrograms per cubic metre of air – slightly higher than the World Health Organisation’s safety standard of 25mcg. Pansak put this problem mainly down to traffic jams. ‘Get to the source’ As for similar problems in Bangkok and its vicinity next year, Pansak said the way to deal with that would be to use air-purifying towers, which cost Bt60 million each and can purify 10 million cubic metres of air per day. This means Bangkok will require at least 16,000 such towers, and this does not include the cost of the land needed to house these towers. “So, it would be easier and cheaper to just bring the sources of pollution under control,” he added. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30371659 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-25 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Thailand’s situation has been described as “stable in the past five years”. This is despite the fact that pollution in the North was worse than ever this year, officials said yesterday. amazing thailand; the stupidity in thai leadership is jaw-droppingly amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisperone Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Sounds like a confirmation that nothing has been done to improve the situation. Guess that is a good enough situation for Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingba Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, YetAnother said: amazing thailand; the stupidity in thai leadership is jaw-droppingly amazing stupid?...I guess yes in a way ...but they know exactly what they are TRYING to do..which I guess is what ,akes them so stupid because they actually think that we all believe their smiling BS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingba Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 and I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 The pollution has been stable since May 24 2014. Article 44 says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 What they mean is that the increase is stable year after year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonrawdcnx Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 amazing thailand; the stupidity in thai leadership is jaw-droppingly amazingCould not have said it better - if it was only stupidity - but the way these people respond, sugarcoat it and lie about the real situation is almost criminal. Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Does this guy work for TAT ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Nothing changed in 5 years they mean, come on guys you know how it goes here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 It's very true that it's stable. Problem is that it's stable at completely unacceptable levels, given current insights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Jones Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 This article beggars belief! - After constant news about Chiang Mai's Record-breaking levels, a plethora of hair-brained schemes to "clean the atmosphere" and - having a very clear idea of the sources but doing NOTHING about them really makes you wonder what is steering this ship? Now - talk about "air purifying towers" <deleted> ! - Does any other city in the world use them? - And why not? Oh! - wait! - this is a THAI idea so it must be good! God spare me - - - - - - - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 How many people are coughing reading this ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstav Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 So the cost of the 16,000 purification towers would be just under 1 trillion baht. How many years will it take to put up 16,000 towers? And this only takes care of Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 9 minutes ago, Lenny Jones said: This article beggars belief! - After constant news about Chiang Mai's Record-breaking levels, a plethora of hair-brained schemes to "clean the atmosphere" and - having a very clear idea of the sources but doing NOTHING about them really makes you wonder what is steering this ship? Now - talk about "air purifying towers" <deleted> ! - Does any other city in the world use them? - And why not? Oh! - wait! - this is a THAI idea so it must be good! God spare me - - - - - - - - - Don't forget the molasses spraying drone to decrease smog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 A good giggle first thing in the morning. Cheers. Evidence? Who needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Agree I have it at stably shit with a spiking of toxic unbreathable soup for a third of the year???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Air purify towers? If like the experimental one in China constructed 16 month's ago? uses lots electricity therefore more coal fired electricity generation needed. Plus results from this one tower was so-so apparently. Thai official spouting b.s. about towers, simply trying to impress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraphee Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 In Chang Mai we are still recording levels at double the UN 'safe' limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Can they build BS purification towers, why not, would need more and have a bigger budget to skim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Reigntax said: The pollution has been stable since May 24 2014. Article 44 says so. Stable yes, but very bad is the category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowisee Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Take a bus trip up north to Chiang Rai and you'll see the province is smoked out, visible smoke coming from mountain side burns and trash piles burning along the main road. Hard to believe anything serious is being done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Meanwhile, Pollution Control Department (PCD) executive Pansak Thiramongkol said that air pollution in Thailand has been generally stable over the past five years My father's health has been very stable for over 10 years; he's dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Air-purifying towers are a waste of money. It would make more sense the mount some of the Chao Phraya flood boats upside down on top of somesSkyscrapers and use their props as high speed fans, hence blowing the pollution away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Searched for the descriptive word and found it - idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Bob Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 "Pollution Control Department (PCD) executive Pansak Thiramongkol said that air pollution in Thailand has been generally stable over the past five years" Says guy who needs to be fired immediately (no pun intended). Getting used to seeing some Thai news joke of the week on social media, but this is just plain not funny. These "experts" and their fake politicos seem to forget they were given a job to serve the public good, not make up phony BS statements to justify their existence. The only thing that has remained "generally stable" is the amount of lying cheating corruption and false statements so these dinosaurs can keep talking sh * t and hold on to their undeserved jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: an annual 7 million deaths How many from Thailand's stable atmosphere? It would be laughable were it not so tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said: Could not have said it better - if it was only stupidity - but the way these people respond, sugarcoat it and lie about the real situation is almost criminal. Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app I agree with you, Boonrawdcnx. I would drop the 'almost', though ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 But who believes it? The air gets more and more dirty and not just in Bangkok! But we see that the Thai institutions do something, 1. NO SMOKING AT HOME ????????????! What will the next step be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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