PUBLISHED: 14 Feb 2025 at 04: 00
The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ( Gistda ) reported yesterday that Bangkok and 53 of the country’s 76 provinces were blanketed by risky ultrafine dust pollution, with thick smog blanketing the Central Plains and the East, mainly due to the country’s 76 provinces.
Gistda’s report issued at 8am said Bangkok and 27 provinces suffered red levels ( hazardous to health ) of PM2.5 ranging from 75.7 to 112.4 microgrammes per cubic metre of air over the past 24 hours.
The government-set healthy stage is 37.5µg/m³.
The highest levels, 112.4µg/m³, was recorded in the eastern province of Trat, followed by 103.7 in Bangkok, 102.5 in Pathum Thani, 101.8 in Samut Prakan, 101.1 in Chachoengsao and 100.9 in Chon Buri.
Gistda’s statement said 22 provinces even faced dark ranges of PM2.5. They were, in descending purchase, Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Saraburi and Nonthaburi.
Twenty-six provinces were blanketed with orange levels of PM2.5 ( starting to affect health ) from 39.7 to 74.6µg/m³. They included Khon Kaen, Loei, Nan, Nong Khai, Phuket, Songkhla and Tak.
Individuals in 23 provinces had neither very excellent, good or average air quality.
Chiang Mai, Krabi, and Ranong were the only regions with excellent heat quality, and just Amnat Charoen and eight other provinces had fine weather value.