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A complete waste
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/05/2016
» When the Samart Corporation partnered in a lucrative deal to dispose of waste at Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2006, questions were raised as to why a telecommunications company was awarded the contract. The 600 million baht agreement with the Airports of Thailand (AoT) called for the construction of two incinerators to handle all waste generated at the country's biggest airport.
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Fresh push to outlaw asbestos
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 23/11/2014
» The Industry Ministry will resubmit a proposal to the cabinet to ban the use and production of asbestos by 2020.
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Waves of fear over phone tower claims
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/03/2016
» ‘Radio waves from cell phone towers are not as harmful as you think” has become the official government tagline. It’s heard on radio spots, published in leaflets and banners on song thaew vehicles, as well as printed on billboards in front of schools and government buildings.
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Finding dignity in death
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/07/2015
» Sixty-year-old Sukjai* lies on a raised hospital bed, her stomach bloated as if she was several months pregnant.
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Critics slam asbestos ban delay
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/01/2015
» Anti-asbestos groups have condemned a cabinet decision to delay banning asbestos.
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The battle to ban asbestos
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/11/2014
» Depending on which medical expert you listen to, Thailand has either recorded just five cases of asbestos-related illness in its history, or use of the controversial material is a lurking menace affecting up to 1,000 people every year.
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Blood ran thick in long family feud
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/08/2014
» In July 1966, Arkom Chatchaianand, the man who helped found the Thammawattana family fortune, was shot in broad daylight after a group of gunmen burst into his office at Ying Charoen market near Don Mueang airport.
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Nursing some trepidation
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/05/2014
» Filipina nurse Maria Judith Avestruz was considered lucky to land a full-time job at Manila’s semi-private Philippine Heart Centre, where she stayed for almost three years. But the pay was very low, so in October, 2012, she decided to come to Thailand, where she was accepted right away by Phyathai 2 Hospital as an international case manager.
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Dukes of Hazard
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/07/2013
» So much negative information has been spread about chrysotile asbestos in the construction industry in recent years that 48-year-old Charnwut Kajornchaikul believed vendors in Thailand no longer sold roof tiles containing the substance.
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Small hospitals at crossroads
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/06/2013
» Small and medium-sized hospitals need to change from being disease-centric to become wellness-centric operators or risk being gobbled up by larger organisations, say healthcare experts.
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