Tag: Pesticides
Smuggled meth pills in Bueng Kan found contaminated with pesticide
Life-threatening pesticide contamination was found in methamphetamine pills seized on the bank of the Mekong River in Bueng Kan province, a senior border patrol official [Read More…]
Herbicides ban to take effect in December
BANGKOK(NNT) – The much discussed banning of the use of three farm chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, has made progress after a meeting of [Read More…]
Government urged to ban use of ‘deadly’ pesticide
Health activists have urged the government to ban “paraquat”, a popular grass-and-pest killing chemical, as scientific studies have proved it is a health threat to [Read More…]
Pattaya Restaurant Owner Refutes ‘Pesticide-Spraying’
CHONBURI — A restaurant owner in the resort town of Pattaya has refuted a video shared on social media that accused her of spraying seafood [Read More…]
Elephant carcass found near bag of pesticide in Kui Buri National Park
PRACHUAP KHIRIKHAN 14 May 2014 (NNT) – An elephant carcass was found by park rangers in Kuiburi National Park in Prachuap Khirikhan on Tuesday near [Read More…]
THAILAND: Rice pests multiply post-floods
BANGKOK, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) – Heavy flooding across parts of Thailand in 2011 has fuelled outbreaks of a rice pest that can decimate harvests, [Read More…]
Tourist deaths in Thailand attributed to chemicals
BANGKOK – Thai authorities said on Tuesday four foreign tourists and a local tour guide who died mysteriously in the northern city of Chiang Mai [Read More…]
