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Health Dept takes aim at dengue sources
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2019
» Owners of properties who fail to get rid of mosquito larvae might face jail terms of up to three years and/or have to pay a fine of up to 25,000 baht, according to Dr Sukhum Kanchanapimai, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health.
Medical team sent to probe Chikungunya outbreak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2019
» The Department of Disease Control has sent a medical team to Suan Phung district in Ratchaburi province after reports emerged of 14 Singaporeans infected by mosquito-borne Chikungunya disease.
Plastic reduction efforts 'a success'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2019
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) says the first year of the country's effort to reduce plastic waste has been successful and has received cooperation from the business sector.
Five cannabis drugs set for debut
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2019
» The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine hopes to distribute two traditional medicines and three ready-to-mix recipes that contain cannabis to hospitals and traditional medicine practitioners next month, assuming it can obtain enough of the extract.
King voices smog concern
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/04/2019
» His Majesty the King has expressed concern over the haze in the North and suggested that volunteers who are enlisted under the royally initiated "Jit-Arsa" project to help tackle the problem.
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.
Grappling with pollution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/01/2019
» SARABURI: It was one fine day for Nong Ormsin, a seven-year-old student from Ban Khung Khao Khiew School in tambon Na Phra Lan in Chalerm Prakiat district, one of the areas with the worst air quality nationally as the area has served as a hub of rock-blasting mines for decades.
Rice Foundation calls for more R&D investment in the sector
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/12/2018
» Less investment in rice strain research and development from state-owned agencies is a major threat to a farming sector grappling with the "illusion" of poverty, according to Nipon Poapongsakorn, a distinguished fellow of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Bans set to hit air polluters
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/11/2018
» Construction sites in Bangkok found to be a source of severe air pollution could be ordered to halt work until the problem is resolved, according to Environment Minister Gen Surasak Kanjanarat.
Finding ways to beat farm debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/11/2018
» The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising.