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Thailand’s current air pollution levels have led to 200,000 hospital admissions over the past week. As heavy find dust blankets the north, northeast and greater Bangkok, the Health Ministry says dust levels are at an unsafe level. The Ministry says those who were admitted to the hospital are suffering from pollution-related respiratory problems. Since the …

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Staying indoors as advised by the ministry is only going to help if you you have an air purifier with a hepa filter. It’s not like the air indoors is magically cleaner than the air outdoors. And if as the minister says this is a result of agriculture burn off, can we expect some prosecutions? As the the cut off date for lighting fires was 3 weeks ago.

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