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China's impact on the Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/01/2017
» An increased flow of people & goods between Thailand & China means change & with change there are always costs & benefits, reactions to changes & more change.
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Fruits & vegetables still have dangerous chemicals
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2016
» Fruit & vegetables still contaminated with chemicals including supermarket & organic produce. No improvement since similar results shocked netizens in March.
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Pesticides in fruits & vegetables: Govt quality mark fails test
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/05/2016
» 57% of Q mark rated fruits, vegetables fail toxic chemical residue tests after samples sent to UK for testing. Expensive retailers do little better than wet markets.
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Big Chinese banana farms: Water grab & pesticide issues
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/04/2016
» Taking water from local farmers in Chiang Rai now issue, as big Chinese banana farmers banned from Laos for heavy pesticide use move to Thailand.
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Mystery tourist deaths & illegal bedbug spray
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2015
» Deaths of Canadian sisters on Phi Phi Island in 2012 likely from phosphine, bedbug insecticide officially banned in Thai hotels. 20 deaths tied to Phosphine in Southeast Asia since 2009.
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Thai workers in Israel are dying, and it's got to stop (video)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/01/2015
» Working up to 17 hours a day in often dangerous working conditions with no day off, roughly two Thai workers die every month on Israeli farms.
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Weekly business news quiz: October 21-25, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/10/2013
» Check if you understand the issues and vocabulary in this week's most important business news stories.
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Govt controls rice price, small farmer businesses fail
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2013
» As govt becomes only buyer of rice, local farmer groups producing high quality rice products forced out of business.
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Rice research: Thai rice comes out on top
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2013
» Thai jasmine rice has lowest amount of poisonous arsenic of any rice in the world, University of California research finds.
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Food research adds value to farm crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/11/2012
» Research in Netherlands shows how food research can add value to the crops that farmers grow.
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