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Air pollution expected to reach unsafe level next week

However, air quality in Bangkok and its surrounding areas, as well as the lower part of the North, should be monitored from today until January 12. Poor air circulation in the capital is caused by traffic congestion and dust from crop and/or waste burning.

“To control the source of air pollution, it is necessary to monitor black smoke from diesel-powered cars, dust from construction sites and ventilation from industrial plants, as well as the northeastern monsoon’s influence on the crop and waste burning,” said PCD director-general Preeyaporn Suwanaged.

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