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Recovery in Hat Yai 'is too slow'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/12/2025
» Senator Chaiyong Maneerungsakul has criticised the slow progress in clearing waste from Hat Yai after the recent floods, warning that the backlog poses serious health and safety risks ahead of heavy rain forecast for Dec 14.
Illegal mining linked to downstream pollution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/08/2025
» Unregulated mining in rebel-held areas of Myanmar has emerged as a growing concern for Thailand and other neighbouring countries, prompting urgent calls for a coordinated practice of "water diplomacy" to mitigate the environmental impact on millions of downstream residents.
Silk-screen nets to filter contaminants in Kok River
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/08/2025
» The Department of Water Resources plans to install silk-screen nets along the Kok River to filter heavy-metal-contaminated sediment from upstream rare-earth mining activities in Myanmar.
Cops target distributors of illegal and dangerous goods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2025
» Authorities have seized more than 690,000 illegal and substandard products in a series of high-profile raids in Bangkok, targeting major warehouse networks and retail outlets in an intensified crackdown on unsafe goods.
‘Unsafe’ heavy metal levels in northern Thai rivers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/06/2025
» The Pollution Control Department has confirmed unsafe levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in the Kok, Sai and Mekong rivers in northern Thailand, with the contamination traced to upstream mining operations across the border in Shan State of Myanmar.
Smart farming to drive wolffia's rise
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 03/06/2025
» Wolffia, a high-protein aquatic plant locally known as pham, has long been a part of the traditional diet of Northeast Thailand.
Check dams proposal for North triggers backlash
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2025
» Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai's proposal to construct check dams in northern Thailand to cleanse rivers contaminated with heavy metals has sparked fierce opposition from civil society groups.
New push to up durian exports
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/04/2025
» The government is looking to expand durian exports to China -- Thailand's biggest buyer of the fruit -- and has asked Chinese authorities to relax chemical contamination screening of Thai durians, says the Commerce Ministry.
Arsenic, lead in Kok River causes alarm
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 06/04/2025
» Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai residents have been warned after high lead and arsenic contaminants were found in the Kok River.
No chlorate tainted soft drinks sold in Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 05/02/2025
» The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that no soft drinks contaminated with chlorate from a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Europe were imported into Thailand.