People in Chiang Mai urged to stay indoors and work from home
Chiang Mai’s iconic Doi Suthep mountain is completely obscured by toxic haze on Friday. (Photo: Dave Kendall)
Levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter (PM2.5) have reached the “unhealthy” red zone throughout the North and the upper Northeast, with the highest level exceeding the safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³) by over eight times, as people in Chiang Mai have been urged to stay indoors and work from home at this time.
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The Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported that PM2.5 levels in the North ranged from 94 to 416 µg/m³ as of 11am on Friday. The lowest was in tambon Nai…
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