汚染するd Bangkok's Year of the Pig 抑制（する）s on incense go up in smoke
By Juarawee Kittisilpa
BANGKOK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Thais of Chinese 降下／家系 大部分は ignored Bangkok's call for 抑制 in 燃やすing of incense and "spirit money" to 示す the Lunar New Year as the city fights choking 汚染.
Most people celebrating the Year of the Pig, which began on Tuesday, shrugged off health 関心s as they burnt offerings to ancestors at 神社s, many wearing anti-汚染 masks.
"It's impossible to 完全に stop 燃やすing incense," said Romnalin Wangteeranon, 61, from behind a mask. "It's a festival that we 子孫s cannot do without."
空気／公表する 質 in Bangkok has been hovering at unhealthy levels as the 量 of 危険な dust 粒子s known as PM 2.5 越えるd the 安全な level in several 地区s where 直面する masks have sold out at most 麻薬 蓄える／店s.
PM 2.5 is a mixture of liquid droplets and solid 粒子s that can 含む dust, すす and smoke, one of the main 対策 of the 空気／公表する 質 索引 (AQI).
Tuesday's AQI was 110 in the afternoon, によれば airvisual.com, which 対策 levels in cities 世界的な, placing Bangkok の中で the world's most 汚染するd cities.
Bangkok's 索引 has 改善するd from last week 予定 to a change in 勝利，勝つd direction. But 対策 taken by the 政府, 含むing seeding rain clouds, 規制するing トラックで運ぶ traffic and 靴下／だますing 負かす／撃墜する streets, have helped little.
There was only わずかに いっそう少なく incense 燃やすing this year compared to 2018, which was not enough to make a difference, said an 公式の／役人 at the Poh Teck Tung 創立／基礎, which runs the Tai Hong Kong 神社 in Bangkok's Chinatown.
"Since we could only ask for 協調, not 課す a 禁止（する）, most people are still doing it," the 公式の／役人 said. (令状ing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Nick Macfie)
