Thailand is heading in the wrong direction with its approach to solving PM2.5 microdust and other air pollution problems as measures are not systematic or year-round, according to academics.
Sirima Panyametheekul, a member of the Thailand Air Quality Management (TAQM) coalition of pollution experts, said the weather is a factor and with lower temperatures and an absence of wind, the air pollution problems would get worse.
“Measures need to be in place before the problem begins each year and the weather ceases to be conducive to ventilating PM2.5 and other atmospheric pollutants,” she…
