The toxic smog season is back with a vengeance. Most of February saw Thailand's air quality in the danger zone, and this month it won't get any better.
Once more, all fingers are pointed at "hotspots" caused by the hill tribes for their farm burnings. But as long as big polluters, namely the agro and fossil fuel giants, continue to escape state scrutiny and control, there is little hope of tackling Thailand's chronic toxic haze.
