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NHSC stands by ban stance
News, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 01/05/2020
» The National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) is standing by its scheduled ban on the herbicide paraquat and pesticide chlorpyrifos and restrict use of glyphosate instead of banning it.
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.
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.
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.
Alarm sounded for tainted fruit, vegetable imports
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/03/2024
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is calling on the government to examine fruit and vegetables purchased from neighbouring countries and China more carefully after pesticide contamination was discovered in some imports of farm produce.
Farmers ask court to overrule farm chemicals ban
Post Reporters, Published on 28/10/2019
» Farmers' representatives from six provinces on Monday asked the Administrative Court to overrule the government's ban on three toxic chemicals, arguing that the decision was poorly informed and affected their livelihood.
GMS meets to curb trade of precursors
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/11/2019
» Thailand and the five other nations in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) yesterday launched a three-day meeting in Bangkok to discuss narcotics problems, with a focus on drug precursors, or the industrial chemicals that are used by narcotics producers.
Tainted rice kills 11 in India
Published on 15/12/2018
» MUMBAI: Eleven people including two children died and more than 90 are in hospital after consuming tainted rice at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Experts eyeing use of cold plasma
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/03/2022
» The use of plasma technology in food processing and water treatment is being researched by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Tint) to boost safety in the kingdom.
Ire over mines, power plant
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/05/2022
» An expansion of limestone mining and a new coal-fired power plant in Saraburi is facing local protests over environmental and health concerns.