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Vaccine risk data
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/10/2025
» Re: "Dept quick to dispel vaccine naysayers", (BP, Sept 29). Unfortunately, this article, in which the Department of Disease Control dismisses claims that vaccines are unnecessary or harmful, uses authoritarian declarations. There are copious testimonies and a recent definitive paper presented to the US Congress committee investigating vaccine safety.
Smoke vs smog
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/06/2025
» I did chortle at Mr Cruikshank's complaint that the smoking room door in Chiang Mai being left open exposed passengers to "risks, including cancer".
Soft power gem
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2025
» Re: "Alarm sounds over haze: Urgent govt moves include bus subsidies", (BP, Jan 25).
Sick students deserve better
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2024
» Schools must be safe places for students. Yet, in reality, the opposite could be the case, as the past few months have seen a number of unlucky students fall victim to negligence.
App won't end pollution
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2023
» Nineteen years after Na Phra Lan district in Saraburi -- which is home to a number of major stone mills and cement plants -- was declared a pollution control zone, the government surprised the whole nation by announcing that it is planning to develop a "web-based app" to collect local residents' health information.
Climate change is making us sick
Oped, Naveen Rao and Eloise Todd, Published on 27/12/2022
» A day before the latest United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) began, a group of global experts convened by The Lancet published a report about the adverse health effects of climate change. Their conclusion was as jarring as it was straightforward: human health is at the mercy of fossil fuels.
The varieties of climate-driven medical risk
Oped, Aditi Hazra, Published on 04/08/2022
» When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.
Thailand needs new ways of governance
Oped, Supanutt Sasiwuttiwat, Published on 02/02/2022
» To survive the post-Covid economy, Thailand needs to launch new ways of growth by up-skilling and re-skilling its workforce, investing in a green economy and bridging social disparities through a universal welfare system.
Flexing our way to better health and climate
Oped, Chokdee Smithkittipol, Published on 30/09/2021
» A recent analysis by Climate Action Tracker shows that overall climate action by the the government is critically insufficient, and not yet consistent with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C temperature limit. If Thailand is to take its climate change responsibilities seriously, the country must look at how it produces its food.