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Surrogate babies stranded by Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/01/2021
» The Covid-19 outbreak has left many newborn babies of illegal surrogate mothers stranded in Thailand because of international travel bans.
'Dust dome' to blame for city's haze
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2021
» The drop in air quality across Bangkok over the past week is caused by an urban "dust dome" over the city, which formed as low atmospheric pressure and high-rise buildings trapped dust and other pollutants from the burning of agricultural waste, says Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa.
Srisuwan pushes for Omkoi land probe
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» Social activist and lawyer Srisuwan Janya yesterday asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to look into a suspected land encroachment case at the remote village of Ban Mae Kerb in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district.
'Perfect' whale skeleton to return home next year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/12/2020
» PATHUM THANI: The country's oldest partially fossilised Bryde's whale skeleton is expected to be returned to its home in Samut Sakhon within 12 months after the painstaking task of putting it back together is completed.
Buri Ram community selected for ganja pilot project
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/11/2020
» A community near a hospital in Buri Ram province has been selected by Cannhealth institute as the first to be allowed to harvest medical marijuana at home under a ministry-sanctioned pilot project expected to start early next year.
Korean officer case a mystery
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/11/2020
» The Public Health Ministry has not confirmed yet if a Covid-19 infected South Korean military officer who attended the Cobra-Gold training exercise in Rayong last week is a local transmission case.
Govt urged to stick to chemicals ban after paste find
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/09/2020
» The National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) has been urged to stand by its commitment to ban paraquat and chlorpyrifos from the agricultural sector, after traces of the toxic herbicide and pesticide were detected in food ingredients.
Contract signed for first comprehensive cancer-drugs plant
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/09/2020
» NONTHABURI: The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) and PTT Plc on Friday signed a contract to build the country's first factory to produce a full range of medications and chemicals for the treatment of cancer.
PCD chief says plastic import ban could be delayed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/09/2020
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has hinted it could postpone the ban on the import of plastic waste for recycling, with its chief saying the domestic supply of plastic waste is not enough to feed the kingdom's industrial needs.
Inmate first case in 100 days
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/09/2020
» Just one day after passing the landmark 100 days in which the country has been free of locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Thursday confirmed a new case of Covid-19, prompting the department to issue a warning to the public over social distancing and mask-wearing.