Member of NHSC quits in protest over U-turn on farm chemical ban

 

Associate Professor Jiraporn Limpananont ©Pongspaj Samranvejporn

 

A member of the new National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) has resigned from the committee as she challenged a claim, made by Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, that the committee had unanimously resolved to delay the bans on paraquat and chlorpyrifos for six months until June 1st, and to allow indefinite controlled use of glyphosate.

 

In her Facebook post late Wednesday night, Associate Professor Jiraporn Limpananont, a lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Chulalongkorn University, claimed that the statement to the media yesterday by Mr. Suriya, who chaired the meeting, was inaccurate, there was, in fact, no unanimous decision by the committee and that her belief in a ban on the three chemicals remains unchanged.

 

She said that individual members of the committee where not asked whether they agreed to postponing or modifying enforcement of the ban, but were “forced” to accept the resolution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/member-of-nhsc-quits-in-protest-over-u-turn-on-farm-chemical-ban/

 

 

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truly bizarre. Not the first time Ive said that when remarking on Thai politics.

Well done. However shock horror not the powers that be put words in others from other countries why not just lie about their own departments. 

 

Again well done for speaking out and having principles.... 

55 minutes ago, Scot123 said:

Again well done for speaking out and having principles....

Exactly. My respect Lady

Well done. Proof that here only women have b@llz.

First day on the job and she spat the dummy.

The Ag department should have been listened to earlier and i have no problem with one of them taking her place.

32 minutes ago, farmerjo said:

First day on the job and she spat the dummy.

The Ag department should have been listened to earlier and i have no problem with one of them taking her place.

Let farmers run the country and you get even worse results than with the army.

Farang play farmers on tv with no skin in the game trusting a thai ministry, too funny. But tv seems to be full of them.