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Access improves to smoking cessation drug
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2024
» A smoking cessation drug, Cytisine, has been included in Thailand's list of essential medicines. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to make the drug accessible to all who need help quitting smoking, to cut the risk of lung cancer.
Japanese seafood tests reveal its 'safe to eat'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/09/2023
» Test samples of seafood imported from Japan have so far revealed no traces of radioactivity beyond international standards, and consumers can rest assured that the food is safe to eat, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Lack of plan for radioactive dust worries experts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2023
» A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.
Radiation 'poses no threat' to local food produce
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/03/2023
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.
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.
Nuclear reactor saga rumbles on
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/07/2020
» Thailand's mission to develop a research nuclear reactor to replace the small 58-year-old reactor in Bangkok has been delayed for two decades with the latest attempt to rekindle the project also facing fresh hurdles.
Nuke chiefs deny illegal waste transfer
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/12/2019
» The Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Tint) has denied local accusations that it illegally shipped radioactive waste from reactor facilities in Bangkok and Pathum Thani to be stored in Nakhon Nayok province.
Govt defends plan for nuclear reactor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2019
» The Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Tint) has tried to quell growing public pressure over the proposed dusting off of a project to build a nuclear research reactor in Ongkharak district of Nakhon Nayok, saying the plan is still at an early stage.
Study links haze, radon danger risk
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/02/2019
» An award-winning scientist claims to have found a strong correlation between the haze season in the North and radioactive radon particles in the atmosphere.