Bangkok has been hit by a thick smog so bad that residents have been coughing and sneezing up blood. The city’s pollution problem has got to such a state that even pets are suffering from illnesses caused by the smog.
A thick cloud of toxic smog made up of dangerous PM2.5 particles has become lodged in people’s lungs and blanketed the Thai capital for the last fortnight.
Experts have warned that the long term cost of the pollution caused by vehicles, construction projects, burning crops and street food BBQs could run into tens of millions of dollars.
But as pictures posted on social media by citizens show, residents and animals have already been badly affected – sneezing and coughing blood into their face masks.
Office worker, Nutthawut Sirichainarumit, shared a photo of blood in his hand which came out after he sneezed on January 15 saying that it was caused by the dust clouds.
Another local, Seine Premmanuspaisal, was shocked to be diagnosed with a lung infection after vomiting and coughing in blood for three days as he never had a history of respiratory disease before.
The Thai government has closed 439 schools and taken increasingly bizarre steps to try and fight the pollution – including today flying drones to spray water. But the smog has continued.
Bangkok’s governor today appealed for help to battle the toxic smog shrouding the capital as the deployment of drones left Bangkok residents unimpressed.
