Bangkok on high alert as PM2.5 levels forecast to rise
Bangkok on Wednesday recorded the world’s third worst air quality on Air Visual, a popular app monitoring pollution, while City Hall is on high alert for a predicted rise in PM2.5 levels until the end of this week.
The level of PM2.5 at 9.30am on Wednesday rose to over 119 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³), placing the Thai capital third behind only Australia’s Canberra and India’s New Delhi in terms of air pollution.
Supoj Wancharoen