Having resolved all of Bangkok’s other problems, city officials announced they’ll go after moo ping vendors to use cleaner stoves.
City Hall said it will promote the benefit of using environmentally friendly stoves for street vendors who smoke up the air such grilled meats as moo ping and kai yang.
Siriporn Tantiewnich, director of the Environment Department, said yesterday that vendors are partially to blame for the city’s air pollution by grilling their meat on the street and releasing toxic gas for passers-by to breathe in.
The department is in the process of advising more than 1,000 vendors across Bangkok in how to use a type of stove that creates a buffer zone between the meat and the fire and charcoal to help reduce the pollution.
The city, however, will not pay for the new stoves, Matichon reported.
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