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Cops target distributors of illegal and dangerous goods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2025
» Authorities have seized more than 690,000 illegal and substandard products in a series of high-profile raids in Bangkok, targeting major warehouse networks and retail outlets in an intensified crackdown on unsafe goods.
AoT lobbies for smoking rooms in six Thai airports
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2025
» Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) has asked the Ministry of Public Health to relax its rules and allow smoking rooms in the six international airports operated by the company.
Experts warn of vape threat to children
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/08/2024
» Allowing a child to vape or be exposed to the hazardous vapour of an e-cigarette at home could potentially be deemed a violation of child protection laws, some child health and child rights experts have warned.
Activists call for PFAS chemicals ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/02/2024
» Activists have called on the government to ban Per-and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS), hazardous chemicals in the textile industry and other commodities, saying it would raise awareness among consumers who need green products for their health and the environment.
Mega-flood 'likely' in the next decade
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/02/2023
» Thailand is likely to suffer from another "mega-flood" similar to the historic inundation in 2011 in the next decade, as climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events all over the world, a conference was told on Monday.
Songkran boost for seniors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/03/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is aiming to administer a third booster shot to 70% of the country's elderly population ahead of the Thai New Year holiday next month, as they face a greater risk of infection and death from the coronavirus.
Govt urged to jab migrant workers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/11/2021
» Academics are urging the government to do more to vaccinate migrant workers in the country to avoid a possible outbreak.
Pfizer doses 'not contaminated'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/10/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health on Monday rejected social media rumours that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is contaminated with radioactive substances, stressing that every batch imported into the country is inspected before doses are distributed.
PM holds urgent haze meeting
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/10/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday held an urgent video-conference with 16 provincial governors and related ministries after PM2.5 air pollution exceeded the so-called safe level in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Reform panels call for ban of herbicides, pesticide
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/08/2018
» National reform committees on public health and society support a ban on three hazardous chemicals in wide use by farmers -- paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifosone.