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Sydney
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Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Schools close in midst of Bangkok pollution
Bangkok pollution is so bad people are 'sneezing blood'
Schools closed as health crisis in Thailand escalates
3 February, 2019
A fleet of drones sprayed water over Bangkok last week after unprecedented levels of pollution forced schools to close and left residents reportedly sneezing blood.
Thailand's public health ministry advised residents to avoid outdoor activities as the health crisis continues to escalate.
People who did venture outdoors frequently wore masks.
Asawin Kwanmuang, the city's governor, accepted that drones were not a long term solution to Bangkok's pollution levels but invited academics and private sector workers to contribute ideas to end the crisis.
"Those who are knowledgeable on this issue, don't give opinions to others, tell me. I am the one who is working on the issue, please give me advice," he said.
Critics have said that the water will not reduce air pollution levels.
"Do I know everything? No, I don't," the politician said.
"Because I do not know everything, that's why I will hold a meeting. Please join us in brainstorming."
Cruise ship decks have as much air pollution as Beijing, study finds
The governor has declared the city a "pollution control zone", enforcing road closures and limits on outdoor burning, construction and diesel exhaust.
The proposed measures tackle the perceived causes of Bangkok's pollution, particularly in the form of vehicle emissions.
Some Bangkok residents took to social media to share photographs of the pollution's apparent physical impact.
Nutthawut Sirichainarumit, an office worker in the Thai capital, shared a photo of what appears to be blood in his hand.
“I was totally shocked because I never sneezed blood before in my entire life," he wrote on Facebook.
Meteorological events that trap noxious pollution in Bangkok have exacerbated the pollution crisis.
These include a thermal inversion, which traps particles close to the ground, combined with weak winds which fail to blow them away.
Thailand's prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, ordered inspections of factories to measure how much pollution they were emitting.
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Deadly smog in Delhi
Delhi
residents panic as 'deadly smog' returns
BBC,
7
November, 2017
Panic has gripped the Indian capital, Delhi, as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog on Tuesday.
Visibility
is poor as pollution levels reached 30 times the World
Health Organization's recommended limit in
some areas.
The
Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared "a state of medical
emergency" and urged the government to "make every possible
effort to curb this menace".
People
have been posting dramatic pictures on social media showing the
extent of the problem.
Can barely see the tallest buildings in the neighbourhood. #DelhiSmog
Monday, 9 November 2015
Smog in Shengyang, China
Airpocalypse now: China pollution reaching record levels
In
some areas level of harmful particles in the air were 56 times the
levels considered safe by the World Health Organisation
9 October, 2015
Residents
of north-eastern China donned
gas masks and locked themselves indoors on Sunday after their homes
were enveloped by some of the worst levels of smog on record.
Levels
of PM2.5, a tiny airborne particulate linked
to cancer and heart disease,
soared in Liaoning province as northern China began burning coal to
heat homes at the start of the winter.
Stephen McDonell
North East #China horrendous pollution levels at the moment. PM2.5 should be under 50 and in Shenyang it is...
In
Shenyang, Liaoning’s capital, visibility levels plummeted to as
little as 100 metres, the state broadcaster CCTV said
China’s
official news agency, Xinhua, published an apocalyptic gallery of
images showing the country’s latest smog crisis alongside the
headline: “Fairyland or doomsday?”
In
some areas of Shenyang, PM2.5 readings reportedly surpassed 1,400
micrograms per cubic metre, which is about 56 times the levels
considered safe by the World Health Organisation.
“The
air stings and makes my eyes and throat feel sore when I’m
outdoors,” one woman, who had ventured out to buy a face mask, “As
for what exactly we should do, I don’t know,” she dded.
By
Monday afternoon there had been a slight improvement, although air
quality remained at “hazardous” levels in Shenyang,
an industrial city of about 8 million inhabitants.
Chris Buckley 储百亮
Shenyang air quality index over the past 24 hours. http://www.pm25.in/shenyang
The
Associated Press said Sunday’s smog represented one of the worst
episodes of air pollution recorded in China since authorities began
releasing air quality data in 2013.
“The
government knows how severe the smog problem is, so why haven’t
they tackled it?” one critic wrote on Weibo, China’s Twitter.
“What’s
the point of having an environmental protection department? The
precondition for developing the economy is not damaging the
environment. Our leaders are all well educated. Can’t they
understand this simple truth?”
Others
reacted with resignation. “Other than reporting it, what can the
government do?”
Shenyang,
a major industrial centre since the days of Mao Zedong, has been
attempting to clean up its act in recent years by relocating
factories and starting
to use natural gas instead of coal to heat homes.
But
on Monday doctors in Shenyang were dealing with the consequences of
the latest bout of toxic pollution to hit their city.
Yang
Shenjia, who works at the Liaoning Jinqiu Hospital, said there had
been a sudden influx of patients suffering from breathing complaints
over the past two days. “The respiratory department’s inpatient
wards are full,” the doctor told Xinhua.
Monday, 28 September 2015
Fires in Indonesian rainforests closes schools in Singapore
The
New Zealand dairy industry is one of the biggest users of oil palm
kernels. With the drought in the South Island it has become a major
source of feed for the first time
Fires
in Borneo and Sumatran rainforests
This
satellite image of part of Borneo has been taken only a few hours
ago. It is very sad to see that once again Borneo and Sumatran
rainforests are being burnt to make space for oil palm plantations
and the few populations of orangutans left and other wildlife are
being decimated .
Have a think about it next time you eat some Nutella which contains 23% of palm oil...
The haze is covering thousands of square km and we can see some large fire plume.
You
can check out the number of fire currently buring from this
website:
http://fires.globalforestwatch.org/#v=map&x=112.6&y=0.05&l=6&lyrs=Active_Fires
Smog closes schools in Singapore as fires rage in Indonesia
http://fires.globalforestwatch.org/#v=map&x=112.6&y=0.05&l=6&lyrs=Active_Fires
Smog closes schools in Singapore as fires rage in Indonesia
Forest
and peatland fires burning in Indonesia since August have caused a
major air pollution problem for Singapore as smog
closes schools, CNN reported.
Although the fires happen every year, the smoke has intensified over
the past week due to changing winds, prompting Singapore’s prime
minister to issue a warning via social media.
“The air quality worsened into the ‘very unhealthy’ range today. This is why we are closing all primary and secondary schools.”
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Moscow smog
Mysterious
stinky fog descends on Moscow
10
November, 2014
Moscow
stinks.
At
least, that's what residents were reporting on Monday, after a
strange, smelly fog descended on the city.
Muscovites
took to Twitter to share accounts of a sulfur smell and a foggy haze
hanging over the Russian capital. Video purportedly taken in the
Kozhukhovo area of Moscow, which aired on several Russian news
channels, shows a thick smog hanging over city streets. The location
of this footage has not been verified, but local accounts indicate
that the fog was quite thick at times..
While many were quick to comment on the smell, these two journalists based in Moscow indicated that the fog actually made it difficult to breathe.
But where did it come from? And more importantly — what was it?
State-run
news organizations say the smog came from a leak from
a sulfur dioxide processing facility at an oil refinery in Moscow.
Local
news outlets reported that the Russian
Ministry of Emergency Situations had advised Muscovites to
stay indoors with their windows closed earlier in the day. Apparently
politicians in Moscow's government buildings, known as the Duma,
also reported the
smell.
Other
government officials were quick to reassure residents that the smog
was not harmful to their health. The head of the Department of
Natural Resources said that the smog was not
dangerous. By the evening, the Ministry of Emergency Situations
told state-run news organization ITAR-Tass that
the smell came from a Moscow refinery which had temporarily stopped
operations.
However
GazProm Neft, which owns the refinery, said that the information is
not true. The company denied that their refinery was the source of
the smell and indicated that the operation was up and running as
usual.
"The
plant is operating normally, according to the production plan, "
GazProm Neft said in a statement, quoted by the local news source.
The
location of the plant in the southeast of the city can be seen on the
map below.
The
Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was quick to reassure
residents that while the smell was quite alarming, it was not unsafe.
However the Environmental Agency seemed to directly contradict the
statement, advising residents to limit their time outdoors..
This story is developing...
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