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Board vetoes ban on hazardous chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2019
» The national committee on hazardous substances has rejected a request by a network to support a total ban on the use of three toxic agricultural chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos in Thailand.
Board vetoes ban on hazardous chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2019
» The national committee on hazardous substances has rejected a request by a network to support a total ban on the use of three toxic agricultural chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos in Thailand.
Hazardous waste
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/06/2023
» Re: "Get tough on plastics", (Editorial, May 24).
Still hazardous
Postbag, Published on 17/04/2024
» Re: "Three more areas on disaster list", (BP, April 8).
'Frankenstein chemicals' trump 'forever chemicals'
Oped, Published on 07/07/2023
» Health fads come and go, but drinking more water (and less beer and soda) is one of the few things that's unequivocally good for the human body. It should be as easy as putting a glass under the tap, but what kinds of potentially harmful chemicals lurk there? News that 3M is paying more than US$10 billion (351 billion baht) to clean "forever chemicals" from municipal drinking water isn't helping our confidence.
Bangkok's dust levels hazardous
Online Reporters, Published on 21/12/2018
» The amount of particulate matter in the air was at health hazardous levels throughout Bangkok on Friday morning, with the exception of Chom Thong district. Nong Khaem district was worst affected, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said.
Dept vows chemical ban by year's end
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2019
» Deputy Agriculture Minister Mananya Thaiseth yesterday ordered the Department of Agriculture to put the brakes on licence extensions for hazardous farm chemicals, and vowed to ban three controversial substances within the year.
Wean farmers off chemicals
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2020
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government must prevent attempts by the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to revoke the ban on farmers using extremely toxic substances on their crops.
Ban toxic farm chemicals
News, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2018
» It has now become clear that the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry plans to ignore all the information and public alarm regarding the impact of extremely toxic farm chemicals, in particular paraquat and chlorpyrifos as well as glyphosate and renew the import licences for those chemicals instead of scrapping them when they expire next year.
Ultimatum on chemicals ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/10/2019
» The Office of the Ombudsman has warned the National Hazardous Substances Committee of consequences if it chooses to disregard a panel's recommendation to ban the use of three toxic farming chemicals.