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Oil spill clean-up chemicals: What are they?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/07/2013
» Secrecy surrounds clean-up operations, academic experts & environmental activists demand to know.
Fried food dangers: Govt testing to start
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2013
» Deep-fried chicken, sausages, fried chips, meatballs from roadside or market sellers have cancer-causing chemicals in them. New rules coming soon.
Rice policy: Lucky so far
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/08/2012
» Govt rice policy has improved livelihoods this year but prices far above market & losses likely if bet on rising prices lost, warehouses full plus rice quality issues.
Surprise gift from bank: 3-year holiday for borrowers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/05/2012
» Borrowers with clean credit record don't need to pay back money for 3 years. Critics wondering why & about impact on bank finances.
Raw fish & cancer in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/01/2012
» Raw meat's link with liver cancer, long known, is now the focus of a childhood education programme to stop deadly bad habits forming.
Floods: Losses to Thailand's economy?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011
» Ongoing threats with damage still preventable far greater than damage already done in this survey of flood economic impact by economists at TMB Bank.
Coconut oil for health & beauty
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/10/2011
» This company won the Prime Minister's Export Award this year & has established distribution networks in Russia, China & Japan, does R&D also.
Safe from floods: Farm animals in the mountains
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/09/2011
» Betagro & other agribusinesses raise livestock strategically in the highlands to escape from certain floods in the lowlands.
Nurses bring healthcare to homes
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/09/2011
» Nurse visits to homes catch life-threatening diseases early (diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, kidney disease). Longer healthier lives, reduced cost for state healthcare, the result.
Diseased chicken meat
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/06/2011
» Diseased animals must be buried or burned say food safety regulations. Bird Flu has been a threat, this time it's Newcastle disease.