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'Intent to supply' meth law to be stepped up: Anutin
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/02/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health's committee on drug rehabilitation will proceed to amend a ministerial regulation and charge anyone who is found in possession of more than one tablet of a methamphetamine pill with the offence of dealing in illegal narcotics.
List of top herbs eyed for export
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/01/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has unveiled its list of so-called "herbal champions", but cannabis, hemp and kratom have been omitted, according to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.
Most face mask brands fail quality test standards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2021
» Only a fifth of 60 face mask brands available on the market passed Thai Industrial Standard quality tests, according to the Thailand Consumer Council (TCC).
Blitz on smoky cars to curb PM2.5 smog
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2021
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) aims to reduce PM2.5 air pollution by 25% by imposing the maximum punishment under the traffic law on any driver whose vehicle produces black smoke caused by poor maintenance.
Ban moot without diet shift
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2020
» China's recent efforts to protect one of the world's most poached animals from the brink of extinction -- pangolins -- by removing it from the list of traditional Chinese medicines have been welcomed, but wildlife advocates say that trading will continue in illegal wildlife markers if eating behaviours remain unchanged.
An unloved conservation cause
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/04/2018
» The threat posed to the world's declining shark population is underlined by the startling figure that 73 million sharks are killed each year for fin shark soup, according to the US-based international agency against then illegal wildlife trade, WildAid.
Sanctuaries answer the call of the wild
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2018
» The golden-tinged sunlight was dimming. A group of 50 hog deer sauntered around a wide field, pausing to eat shoots of grass. Forest officials had recently burned the field, making way for new grass which will provide a source of food for the population of over 200 hog deer living in Phu Khiao-Thung Ka Mang Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province.
Call for S44 powers on elephant DNA
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/09/2016
» The Environment Ministry will ask the prime minister to invoke the power of Section 44 of the interim charter to force elephant camps around the country to submit samples of elephant DNA to keep track of the population and curb the illegal wildlife trade.
Rayong seafood industry reels from crisis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/08/2013
» RAYONG : Demand for seafood has plunged on the back of last week's oil spill, while local fisherman fear the disaster's long-term environmental impacts could devastate their industry.