Masks handy for New Year incense smoke too

[snoop1130]

Masks handy for New Year incense smoke too

By THE NATION

 

 

Protective facemasks were much in evidence at Chinese shrines in Bangkok on Friday (January 24) as people marked the beginning of another Lunar New Year.

 

But they were worn more out of concern over the dense clouds of incense smoke than the still-hazardous PM2.5 air pollution.

 

The Chinese New Year Festival continues through Monday.

 

The Chao Por Pak Khlong Shrine near the Pak Khlong Market Flower Market was busy and billowing with smoke.

 

Administrators at Mangkon Kamalawat Temple, also known as Wat Leng Noei Yi, have this year banned a festival staple – the burning of silver and gold paper – in deference to efforts to reduce PM2.5 pollution.

 

Silpakorn University researchers were in the Yaowarat area, Bangkok’s Chinatown, checking both PM2.5 and noise levels.

 

They were happy to demonstrate the gadget they used for reporters and curious passers-by, explaining that the survey was a part of the university’s “Development of Artistic and Cultural Capital in Yaowarat” project.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381022

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-24

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[YetAnother]

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

But they were worn more out of concern over the dense clouds of incense smoke than the still-hazardous PM2.5 air pollution.

typical thai, mindlessly think you are addressing the problem;

sure to see that governing a place like this, aside from strongarming, is a challenge;

maybe some of the smarter thais are right; the place is not only not ready for any kind of other-than-sham democracy , but quite a LONG aways away from being 'ready'

[DrTuner]

Asia is full of pyromaniacs. They'll burn anything.

[Cake Monster]

This just about sums up the Thai attitude to the Smoke and Dust Haze

Spend 3 weeks whinging and bitching about the Air Quality, and then go out, put on a face mask and light loads of Incense Sticks and let off Millions of Fireworks to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Pathetic