Air Pollution - Pattaya
I had a discussion with another board member about this the other day. Call it mist, smog, haze, fog, pollution or whatever. I think it has got worse over the past week or so. That said it has not caused me any respiratory problems.
Bangkok has its problems with air quality, but it is a large city. Pattaya a few miles away. Could it be a local cause; exhaust fumes from vehicles.
What do others think.
Because it got worse in the afternoon with the sun at its zenith leads me to believe it's photochemical smog. To fix that they'll need to get all the dirty vehicles off the road, and put a cap on pollutants produced by the industrial estates.
What Causes Photochemical Smog?
A chemical reaction between solar ultraviolet radiation and an atmosphere polluted with hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen causes photochemical smog. This is especially common from automobile exhaust. Smog can happ
