Thai university designs incense sticks that burn quicker to cut pollution during CNY

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BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Silpakorn University has designed incense sticks that burn quicker, to reduce air pollution including hazardous PM2.5 during Chinese New Year, which falls on Sunday (Jan 22).

Thais of Chinese descent celebrate the occasion by visiting shrines and lighting incense to honour the gods and the spirits of their ancestors.

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