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Tackling electronic waste menace
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2014
» Thailand is in urgent need of a new law to enter the new age of waste management as the amount of electronic waste entering landfills and being dumped on public land threatens public health and the environment, activists say.
Chemicals linger off Koh Samet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2013
» The level of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), a component found in crude oil, has sharply decreased at Koh Samet's Ao Phrao but still exceeds safety standards, the Department of Pollution Control says.
Tests find mercury in Ao Phrao sea water
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/08/2013
» Mercury levels found in sea water off Ao Phrao beach on Koh Samet were 29 times higher than safety standards allow, according to the Pollution Control Department.