Harmful PM2.5 levels in 15 Bangkok districts

Fifteen districts of Bangkok were found with harmful levels of PM2.5 dust, above the government’s safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³), on Monday morning, the Pollution Control Department reported.

Over the entire Bangkok and surrounding area, PM2.5 dust levels ranged from 33-57 µg/m³.

Areas with over 50 µg/m³ of PM2.5 dust were: Khlong Sam Wa area on Charan Sanitwong road, Bang Phlat district; along Vibhavadi Rangsit highway in Din Daeng district; along Tree Mit road and at Odeon Circle in Samphanthawong district; Soi Lat Phrao 95 in Wang Thong Lang district; at Sam Yan Mitrtown on Phra Ram 4 road in Pathum Wan district; along Bang Na-Trat road in Bang Na district; along Lat Krabang road in Lat Krabang district; along Liab Waree road in Nong Chok district; along Ratchadapisek-Tha Phra road in Thon Buri district; along Charoen Nakhon road…