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Chiang Mai Considers Disaster Zone Amid Toxic Air Crisis

3/31/2026

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Chiang Mai province may declare the Mueang Na sub-district a disaster zone after four days of PM2.5 above 125 micrograms per cubic meter.
PM2.5 levels exceed 900 micrograms per cubic meter in some areas.
Mobile medical units will deploy on April 1 to help residents.
Local officials meet to address the crisis caused by illegal burning and forest fires.
Activists warn breathable air rights may be stalled in parliament.

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Chiang Mai province may declare the Mueang Na sub-district a disaster zone after four days of PM2.5 above 125 micrograms per cubic meter.
PM2.5 levels exceed 900 micrograms per cubic meter in some areas.
Mobile medical units will deploy on April 1 to help residents.
Local officials meet to address the crisis caused by illegal burning and forest fires.
Activists warn breathable air rights may be stalled in parliament.