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Chiang Mai air world's worst

Chiang Mai had the world's worst air pollution with 180 microgrammes of PM2.5 per cubic metre of air over the 24 hours ending at 4am on Sunday, according to a leading pollution website.

Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2023

PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand

This past week, two of Thailand's largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, earned the ignominious privilege of being among the 10 cities of the world with the worst air quality during that period. The Ministry of Public Health has blamed air pollution for causing 200,000 hospital admissions in the past…

Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2023

Air pollution situation in Mumbai unprecedented, says civic body; sets up panel for dust control

MUMBAI: Flagging rising air pollution in Mumbai and bad air quality, the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has set up a panel to suggest dust control measures.

The Times of India · Mar 12, 2023

Air pollution triggers respiratory diseases

More than 31,000 people in Bangkok and 1.4 million nationwide have developed respiratory diseases due to haze pollution since Jan 1, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post · Mar 11, 2023

'Living screens' to be trialled at two Swansea schools to combat air pollution from nearby traffic

The council wants to reduce exposure to pollutants which can increase the risk of asthma

Wales Online · Mar 10, 2023

Sand Engulfs Northern China

Beijing and other parts of the region have been inundated by a wave of dust and pollution blown down from Mongolia, triggering the first sandstorm warning of the year

Caixin Global · Mar 10, 2023

First Thing: seven killed in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounces ‘brutal act’ after suspected gunman found dead. Plus, the people who inherit hobbies from loved ones

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

Beijing air quality plummets amid dust storm, pollution

Skyscrapers in Beijing have disappeared into the haze and air quality plummeted as China’s capital is enveloped in a dust storm and heavy pollution

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Alarm as plastic pollution of oceans reaches unprecedented levels

Plastic pollution of the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, according to a new scientific study. The authors are calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 10, 2023

Nurdle pollution turns Spanish beach into 'plastic soup'

Billions of tiny plastic beads, known as nurdles, have been washing up on beaches in the north of Spain and along France’s Atlantic coast. This is the result of industrial pollution on a massive scale. To understand how this form of pollution has gone undetected for so long, the Down…

France 24 · Mar 10, 2023