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Rice exporters back ban on three toxic chemicals
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/11/2019
» Rice exporters have thrown their full support behind the ban on three toxic farm chemicals, saying importer countries have tightened their order of crops based on food safety.
'Frankenstein chemicals' trump 'forever chemicals'
Oped, Published on 07/07/2023
» Health fads come and go, but drinking more water (and less beer and soda) is one of the few things that's unequivocally good for the human body. It should be as easy as putting a glass under the tap, but what kinds of potentially harmful chemicals lurk there? News that 3M is paying more than US$10 billion (351 billion baht) to clean "forever chemicals" from municipal drinking water isn't helping our confidence.
Wean farmers off chemicals
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2020
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government must prevent attempts by the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to revoke the ban on farmers using extremely toxic substances on their crops.
Ban toxic farm chemicals
News, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2018
» It has now become clear that the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry plans to ignore all the information and public alarm regarding the impact of extremely toxic farm chemicals, in particular paraquat and chlorpyrifos as well as glyphosate and renew the import licences for those chemicals instead of scrapping them when they expire next year.
Ultimatum on chemicals ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/10/2019
» The Office of the Ombudsman has warned the National Hazardous Substances Committee of consequences if it chooses to disregard a panel's recommendation to ban the use of three toxic farming chemicals.
Ban all the chemicals
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2019
» Re: "Chemical ban opponents led by misinformation", (Opinion, Nov 8).
Farmers file chemicals lawsuit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/12/2019
» A group of farmers in Nong Bua Lamphu province on Friday filed a lawsuit with the provincial court demanding a company importing toxic chemicals pay over 10 million baht in compensation for their effects on their health.
IDEC meet eyes chemicals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/08/2022
» Law enforcement agents joined hands with authorities from 21 other nations this week to discuss combatting drug trafficking in the region, including the role of precursor chemicals in the production of illegal substances.
Farmers to hand back chemicals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/06/2020
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Mananya Thaiset on Monday warned farmers to return their stocks of herbicide paraquat and pesticide chlorpyrifos within 90 days now that the ban on the two chemicals is in effect.
Mananya pushes farm chemicals ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/09/2019
» Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mananya Thaiset said her ministry and the Public Health Ministry have agreed to push for a ban on paraquat and two other hazardous farm chemicals.