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Home » Reader question » Smog: Better wear face masks when you go out in Bangkok
Smog: Better wear face masks when you go out in Bangkok
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The authorities in Bangkok, including the PCD, say that the residents of Bangkok should wear face masks when they go outside, due to the poor air quality in the capital.
The concentration of PM 2,5 dust particles has risen above the safety level at 43 measuring points in the city and adjacent areas. The concentration ranges from 34 to 87 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The PCD uses 50 as a limit, the WHO says that anything above 25 is already very unhealthy.
Smog covered much of Bangkok again on Thursday morning, especially in tambon Maha Chai in the Muang district of Samut Sakhon, the air quality is poor.
The advice is to limit outdoor activities as much as possible.
Source: Bangkok Post
How bad! PM 2.5 from 34 to 87. In Chiang Mai it was between 400 and 600 micrograms last February/March.
Mouth masks are pointless and the Thai authorities are probably smarter than international science: https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/mondmasker-tegen-fijnstof-zinloos
I'll copy and paste my comment from 2 days ago:
A good dust mask helps. But then you must have the right mask (filters come in different sizes) and it must fit well on the face. In previous reports we already read that people regularly wear both the wrong type of dust mask and that even with the right mask there is almost never a perfectly tight connection in practice. A crack between the mask and the skin and your mask is no longer useful. So many of the masks on the street are indeed useless.
As useless as spraying water from tankers and from tall buildings and so on. Looks nice, but is no more than symbolic politics. Only the large dust particles float to the ground, not the harmful PM 2.5 particulate matter.
But if you really take measures to tackle traffic, industry, construction, agriculture, etc., there will soon be angry farmers on your lawn (behind the Grand Palace is a nice lawn, สนามหลวง, Sanaam Loewang) or they will drive a door out of your parliament or provincial house, shouting something angrily about the climate mafia and stuff. And Thailand is not so keen on allowing demonstrations…
Current particulate matter values can be found on the site below, where the Thai authorities and newspapers (including Bangkok Post) set a limit of 50, but internationally the WHO sets the limit at 25. But getting below 25 for a whole year is, I'm afraid, in most places in Thailand uh... a challenge, shall we say, then it's nice that as a government you can hang out the green flag at a value of 30-40... :
- http://aqicn.org/city/thailand/
- https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/hoe-een-mondkapje-tegen-smog-werkt-in-new-delhi-en-niet-in-nederland/
- http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2014-05/13/content_32367666.htm
Arrived yesterday afternoon from the Netherlands. A thick layer of smog above Bangkok that really covered the city like a flat blanket. Up there radiant weather and not a cloud in the sky. I estimate thickness about 2000-3000 meters.
Staying out of there is going to get much worse.
one must then use the correct face masks. The usual face masks filter exhaled breath to prevent the transmission of diseases. Better quality is needed against air pollution.
Just measured (Thu. 18.00 p.m.) by AirVisual: in Chiang Mai 105 (unhealthy for sensitive people): Bangkok 74 (moderate !): Amsterdam 5 micrograms.
Why no pollution, etc, etc…………