Illegal e-waste shipment from Japan and Hong Kong seized at Laem Chabang
The Customs Department has seized 256 tonnes of electronic waste, imported in ten containers from Japan and Hong Kong, at the Laem Chabang port in Chonburi province.
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The Customs Department has seized 256 tonnes of electronic waste, imported in ten containers from Japan and Hong Kong, at the Laem Chabang port in Chonburi province.
Air quality in Bangkok has deteriorated further today, with the amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere reaching the health-threatening “orange” level in all 50 districts, according to the Air Quality Information Centre of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Air pollution, measured at 43 locations in Bangkok this morning, has reached the ‘orange’ level (harmful to health), due to poor circulation trapping airborne pollutants, the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reported today.
Wildfires have been raging for about a week through the forests of the Dong Phaya Yen mountain range and adjoining Khao Yai National Park.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has sought help from the Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department by conducting cloud seeding to ease air pollution in the capital.
The whole of Bangkok is blanketed in excessive levels of PM2.5 dust this morning, measured at an average of 64.2µg/m³, far above the safe level of 37.5µg/m³
Air quality in Bangkok has further deteriorated today, with increased levels of PM2.5 in the atmosphere, making the capital the 8th most polluted city in the world.
Air pollution in and around Bangkok and in the north is predicted to worsen until Friday, due to poor air circulation caused by a cold air system over the northeast, according to the Air Pollution Communication Centre of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Bangkok is the world’s 9th most polluted city today, with the level of airborne pollutants measured at 165 on the Air Quality Index.
61 areas of Bangkok have airborne PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere exceeding the 37.5 micron (µg/m³) standard level today.
People living on both sides of the Tha Dee Canal in Mueang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat are being advised by the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to move their valuables to higher ground and to evacuate any vulnerable relatives to safer places, due to the threat of flooding posed by the steadily rising water level in the canal.
Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is seeking about 100 million baht to purchase modern weapons with which to equip its forest rangers to deal with poachers, many of whom are armed with more advanced weaponry.