It’s difficult to enjoy the cool that’s descended over Bangkok this week when smog levels have hit lung-burning highs.
While the nation’s top environmental official recently passed the buck, saying they were all out of ideas, experts say Thailand could do much better than telling people to suck it up and breathe toxic air by taking practical measures – instead of blaming the weather and public itself.
Reducing air pollution, namely dangerous PM2.5 particulates, isn’t impossible but takes a comprehensive and practical approach focused on its primary sources – automobiles, factories and agriculture, they said.
Greenpeace Thailand Director Tara Buakamsri said that officials need to move past “stop blaming the weather every year” and wasting money on pointless gestures such as the risible sight of trucks spraying water into the sky, which he said is…
