BANGKOK 12 March 2014 The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) has reported that smoke from forest fires has less chance of inducing cancer than automobile exhaust fume.
According to a NIDA study concerning the debris found before and after forest fires in the North, generally known as Smog 9 Crisis, cancer-causing dust particles of under 2.5 Microns are not as carcinogenic as one may think — saying that exhaust fume from automobiles is more likely to cause cancer.
NIDA stated that, based on their data of collecting small particles of under 2.5 Microns, small dust particles that cause cancer are related to PAH, within which there is another substance called B(a)P, is the main cause of cancer.
However, after collecting data of air quality from the northern regions, NIDA reported that people in the 9 provinces of the North were more prone to cancer than their counterparts in Singapore, Belgium and the United States; but have lesser chances of having cancer than Hong Kong, Sua Tao, and Guangzhou in China.
NIDA also reported that, despite the profuse smoke from the burning of forest fires, people are more likely to get cancer from automobile exhaust fume than smoke from forest fires.
