Pressure is mounting on the National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) to ban the three hazardous but commonly used chemicals in Thailand. Today there will be a meeting on reports and proposals for alternatives, prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Strangely enough, the 29 members of the committee decide independently whether to continue or stop using the dangerous poison. And that despite the insistence of Agriculture Secretary Mananya, Health Minister Anutin and Industry Minister Suriya to stop using paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. These three chemicals are very harmful to humans and nature and are therefore banned in many other countries.

The environmental movement is calling for a ban before the end of the year.

Source: Bangkok Post

2 responses to “Pressure is increasing to ban the use of dangerous agricultural poisons in Thailand”

  1. Hansest says up

    Lucky if they want/can ban the use of this junk. But then proper compliance / control must also be exercised. And not that the richer farmers shove some money under the table and the poorer farmers come to the scaffold.

  2. Chander says up

    Broadcast at Zembla yesterday.

    Parkinson's in the countryside
    After a Zembla broadcast about the risks of agricultural poisons, the editors received a letter this spring from a farmer's son from West Friesland. He suspects that a major agricultural drama is unfolding here in North Holland. His father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 47. He is not the only one in the neighborhood with this disease, there are more patients who fell ill at a relatively young age, such as his best friend. The family is convinced that the pesticides, which have been used for decades in this traditional horticultural area, have everything to do with this. In France, the link between Parkinson's disease and exposure to agricultural poisons has been recognized for some time. There, Parkinson's has been recognized as an occupational disease among farmers since 2012. Zembla investigates. What is known about the relationship between this serious, incurable disease and poison spraying? Are farmers and their families indeed more at risk?


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