Thailand Boosts Monitoring of Fine Particles In Air Following Adoption of New Standards

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Thailand's National Environment Board is stepping up monitoring to determine which areas do not meet new air quality standards for fine particulate matter, an official at Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment told BNA April 29.rnThe standards are contained in Notification No. 36 of 2010 (B.E. 2553), which was announced Jan. 28 and came into effect with its publication in the official Government Gazette March 24.rnPhunsak Theramongkol, environmental specialist in the ministry's Pollution Control Department, said the government will monitor areas reported or found to exceed the standards. Such areas might include central Bangkok's Din Daeng district and the northern city of Chiang Mai, he said.