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An unsavoury pesticide saga
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2020
» Local news reports that Taiwan is to return or destroy a batch of a famous tea brand and ground chilli from Thailand because of insecticide residues look bad for Thailand, which promotes itself as the kitchen of the world.
Pesticide panic takes root
News, Published on 31/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he has instructed state agencies to find other agricultural chemicals to replace paraquat, a dangerous pesticide.
Minister backs pesticide ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2018
» Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Wiwat Salyakamthorn has thrown his support behind a total ban on three hazardous herbicides -- paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.
Pesticide in meth pills
News, Published on 16/02/2023
» Life-threatening pesticide contamination was found in methamphetamine pills seized on the bank of the Mekong River in Bueng Kan province, a senior border patrol official said yesterday.
Pesticide ban delay draws activist flak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/04/2020
» A group of activists on Tuesday called out the Ministry of Industry for backpedalling on its promise to ban the use of three controversial agrichemicals on June 1 amid speculation the National Hazardous Substances Committee will on Thursday hold off on the ban until the end of the year.
Protesters push for toxic pesticide ban
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 06/06/2018
» About 150 representatives from 686 civic groups held a rally at Government House to demand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ban two controversial pesticides, and limit the use of a third, by the end of the year.
FDA pulls pesticide-laced pot noodles
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2023
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended sales of a Korean instant noodles brand after Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) announced that pesticide residue was found in some packages.
Indian spice giants questioned about pesticide
Published on 24/04/2024
» BENGALURU, India - India has started inspecting the facilities of the spice makers MDH and Everest after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong and Singapore for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide.
Protesters to petition PM for pesticide ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2018
» About 700 members of hundreds of civic groups will rally outside Government House on Tuesday in protest against a decision to allow the continued use of three toxic pesticides for farming.
US court orders ban of chlorpyrifos pesticide
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos on the market despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies' brains.