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Pollution Control Department pledges desalination standards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2018
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has announced the country's first quality standards for water discharged during the desalination process.
Boost air pollution control
News, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2022
» In recent days, most city residents have been preoccupied with navigating heavy rains and floods, so a report by Greenpeace India last week on air pollution and access to air quality data may have gone unnoticed.
Pollution control areas to be designated
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has authorised all 50 district offices to announce pollution control areas to control sources of particulate matter up to 2.5 microns or PM2.5.
BMA to set pollution control zones
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2019
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has declared pollution control zones across the capital and its vicinity, in an effort to help reduce the levels of PM2.5 dust that has blanketed the area for several weeks, said Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang.
Pollution control centre could tend to rivers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/08/2025
» Conservationists are demanding the government establish a pollution control centre in Chiang Rai province to tackle arsenic contamination in the Kok and Mekong rivers.
Disease Control Department mulls tougher steps for returnees
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2020
» The Disease Control Department vows to intensify surveillance against illegal Thai workers who have returned from Covid-19 hit-South Korea, following reports on social media they have ignored requests to self-quarantine at their homes for 14 days.
Department of Disease Control urges test to curb HIV spread
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2019
» The Department of Disease Control is encouraging members of the public to get free HIV/Aids tests from state-run hospitals, after it found that at least 28,000 Thais are unaware that they have contracted the disease.
Govt pays heed to noise gripes
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/08/2022
» The Department of Pollution Control is to launch a master plan to control noise pollution.
Trouble beneath the calm surface
Published on 03/05/2025
» Officials from the Chiang Mai Natural Resources and Environment Office, together with Pollution Control authorities, collect water samples at three locations along the Kok River for lab analysis — all of which were found to be “degraded” with unsafe levels of arsenic and lead.---------------------------------------Kok River in the North brings arsenic threat to locals from gold mines across the borderPublished caption::Officials from the Chiang Mai Natural Resources and Environment Office, together with Pollution Control Department authorities, collect water samples at three locations along the Kok River for lab analysis in late April — all of which were found to be ‘degraded’ with unsafe levels of arsenic and lead. PANUMET TANRAKSA
PCD outlines new plan to fight haze
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/10/2024
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) revealed its pollution control plans for next year, which aim to lower nationwide hotspots by at least 30%.