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Ombudsman to petition premier for paraquat ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2019
» The Ombudsman plans to petition Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to impose a ban on the farming chemical paraquat, starting from early next year.
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Committee warned over paraquat ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/04/2019
» The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday warned a committee tasked with the control of hazardous chemical substances to take action over its proposed ban on paraquat or it would be held responsible for negligence of duty.
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Paraquat must be banned
News, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2019
» The decision by the National Committee on Hazardous Substances not to ban paraquat over the next two years is shameful and shows a lack of responsibility. The committee on Thursday voted 16:5 in favour of continuing to allow the use of the chemical, which is prohibited in 53 countries due to its high toxicity. Five members abstained.
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PM 'not opposed' to paraquat ban delay
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that he is not opposed to the Hazardous Substance Committee's decision to delay the ban on paraquat, but stressed that the decision must be properly explained to calm the public uproar.
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Anti-corruption group backs paraquat ban
Published on 04/10/2019
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) on Friday joined a growing chorus of groups backing a ban on the use of three harmful farm chemicals, calling on the National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) to hold an open vote on the issue.
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Panel urged to delay paraquat ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/02/2019
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is signalling the national committee on hazardous substances should delay the move to impose a total ban on the use of a controversial herbicide in farming to 2021.
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A self-poisoning protest
News, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2019
» Some of the very same farmers protesting the paraquat ban are among those who are knowingly or unknowingly shortening their lives by developing cancer and other health problems.
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Women lose out more to paraquat
News, Published on 07/03/2019
» The National Committee on Hazardous Substances' recent decision not to ban the use of paraquat -- a herbicide widely used in the sugarcane, tapioca, rubber, fruit and vegetable production -- has sparked protests from farmers and civil society organisations.
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Grisada plots immediate paraquat ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Grisada Boonrach yesterday expressed his desire to leave a legacy before leaving office by imposing an immediate ban on three toxic farm chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.
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Supporting paraquat betrays the nation
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/06/2018
» The regime’s slogan to return happiness to the people has proven empty once again. Despite public demands for a ban, the military government has decided to allow paraquat, a highly toxic weed killer, to wreak havoc on public health and the environment.
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