Vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from burning crop stubble have combined to cover two of Thailand’s largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, with a blanket of yellow/grey fog that has hospitalised 200,000 people inside a week.
Despite a survey being carried out in 2011 that claimed it could pose a risk to human health, Havering Council claims it needs another six months to assess the air quality around a constantly burning landfill site.