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Illegal mining linked to downstream pollution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/08/2025
» Unregulated mining in rebel-held areas of Myanmar has emerged as a growing concern for Thailand and other neighbouring countries, prompting urgent calls for a coordinated practice of "water diplomacy" to mitigate the environmental impact on millions of downstream residents.
Test confirms new case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/06/2025
» Sa Kaeo: A 53-year-old man who admitted to frequently eating raw beef has been found to be infected with anthrax.
Check dams proposal for North triggers backlash
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2025
» Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai's proposal to construct check dams in northern Thailand to cleanse rivers contaminated with heavy metals has sparked fierce opposition from civil society groups.
Top environmental issues of 2024: Kingdom's ecology under attack
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2024
» Environmental issues damaged Thai society and the economy in a number of ways in 2024.
Drones to help ageing farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/12/2024
» The Department of Agriculture is promoting the use of drone technology to help the nation's ageing farmers.
Alarm raised about contaminated grapes
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/10/2024
» The Thai Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN) has warned about contamination of Shine Muscat grapes, after finding that most of the samples it collected contained hazardous chemical residues above maximum permitted levels.
Firm suspended after chemical fire in Thailand's Rayong province
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2024
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has ordered a partial suspension of the Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong following a fire around its vinyl chloride production unit on Sunday.
Win Process ordered to pay up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2024
» A court in Rayong has ordered the waste recycling company Win Process Co to pay 1.74 billion baht in compensation after finding the hazardous waste recycling company guilty of severely polluting the environment.
Genome editing tech to help boost yields at farms
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/07/2024
» Thailand has approved Genome Editing (GEd) technology for advanced plant breeding to increase yields while using fewer chemicals in the farming industry, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Paraquat-led farm chemical ban a hit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2024
» Positive signs are emerging that Thailand's food safety protocols are improving after its efforts to ban harmful herbicides and pesticides, paraquat and chlorpyrifos, and limit the use of glyphosate proved a success, a seminar was told.