Thick haze blankets Bangkok as air pollution hits unhealthy levels

 

BANGKOK – A thick haze blanketed the Thai capital on Wednesday as the city’s air pollution reached an unhealthy level.

Seventy air-quality monitoring stations reported unsafe levels of air pollution in Bangkok as of 7am on Wednesday, with the number rising to 80 by noon, the Bangkok Air Quality center said.

Four stations detected “red” levels of PM2.5.

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said unsafe levels of dust are expected to last until Friday.

This is due to stagnant air, and agricultural burning and forest fires.

As of 6pm on Wednesday, Bangkok’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reading was recorded at 166 on IQAir, a technology partner of the UN Environmental …

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