rorybreaker83

Bit of an ambiguous report to be fair. 'Residue' found but no mention of any particular pesticide or chemical, 'Some are harmful'. Chemicals are permitted and deemed safe for use in agriculture under EU law.

There's a slight difference in this article about school food in Thailand ....

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/vegetables-and-fruits-in-student-lunches-heavily-contaminated-with-toxic-chemicals/

As well as .... 

'Besides the unsafe fruits and vegetables, Mr Marut said meat, meat balls and sausages used in student lunches were also found to be contaminated with borax and formalin.'

52 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I think another very important issue to consider is the future happiness of your 2 kids and the wife.

Some Thai's just prefer to grow up around thai friends, grandparent's, relatives, both at school and near home. Some thai kids just enjoy mixing with their own rather than foreign kids.  As a kid, I wouldn't have wanted to move to a foreign place that's for sure.   It's just an important issue that I think is priority over health or education because if the kids are not happy they won't care about education or health care. 

I totally agree with that, especially if the kids are a bit older. My kids are both very young though so i hope this won't effect them too much. Me personally, i don't care where i am as long as i'm with my family. As for the wife, we'll see what happens lol. I'm sure she'll be fine, i've had many friends over the years take their wives back and they've been ok with it, i guess we'll just see what happens.

I'm in the process of moving the family back to the UK. I've spent endless nights weighing up the move. The pros and the cons. For me it has boiled down to 2 reasons really, education and healthcare for my kids. I've found that both here are very disappointing. The education here is an absolute joke, even at some of the higher tier international schools. As for the healthcare it's overpriced and oversubscribed daylight robbery. I decided to make a comparison. Interestingly enough the remaining amounts after all expenses are not far off each other. Some of the figures might be a bit modest (i think i've spent a lot more on hospital visits over the past year) or even over estimated, i'm sure a number of posters will be quick to point this out. I'm pretty certain though that my kids will (hopefully) have a brighter future for themselves with a proper education, I'd prefer them to have an English outlook on life too as opposed to many Thais who are unaware of the rest of the world and seem to have no ambition or interest in experiencing it.