Rally held supporting Chula professor facing probe for campaigning against use of chemicals in agriculture

[webfact]

Rally held supporting Chula professor facing probe for campaigning against use of chemicals in agriculture

 

 

Thailand’s famous “song for life” rocker Add Carabao was among a large group of supporters of a ban on two herbicides and a pesticide who rallied at Chulalongkorn Hospital on Thursday to offer moral support to Professor Dr. Thirawat Hemajutha, chief of the Information Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

 

Dr. Thirawat, an outspoken advocate for the ban on paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, is under investigation by Chulalongkorn University following a complaint made by Ms. Anchulee Lakamnuayporn, president of the voluntary network of Rak Mae Khlong lovers, accusing Dr. Thirawat of providing misleading information about the three toxic chemicals to the public in a way which paints farmers, the prime users of the chemicals, in a bad light.

 

She also claimed that Dr. Thirawat had implied that her network is suspected of being funded by chemical companies. Supporters of Dr. Thirawat, who include former senator Rossana Kositrakul and Panthep Puapongpant of Rangsit University, insist that the information distributed by Dr. Thirawat is factual and not distorted, as claimed by his accusers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/rally-held-supporting-chula-professor-facing-probe-for-campaigning-against-use-of-chemicals-in-agriculture/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-08-30

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[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr. Thirawat had implied that her network is suspected of being funded by chemical companies.

If the chemical companies fund bent doctors to give evidence that the chemicals are safe why wouldn't they they fund this dodgy support group who call themselves The Voluntary network of Rak Mae Khlong lovers? 

The Chulalongkorn University should be ashamed of themselves for having regard for complaints made on behalf of chemical companies who hide behind this front.

[hotchilli]

The chemical manufacturers will fight against this ban in any under-handed way they can !

[rickudon]

They are probably affiliated to the Global Warming Policy foundation …….

[worgeordie]

Tell the truth here...and you end up getting probed ! utter disgrace.

regards worgeordie

[djayz]

I find it mind boggling that, in this day age with so many journals, reports and information readily available at the click of a mouse button, there are people who simply ignore facts. 

 

Paraquat has been banned in over 50 countries, including neighbouring Laos and Vietnam. Chlorpyrifos is considered hazardous to humans (I don't know enough about glyphosate to comment on it). 

 

I admire Dr. Thirawat for speaking up. 

[SmartyMarty]

another Thai university racing towards the bottom.