PM stops Hazardous Substances Committee reviewing ban on 3 chemicals

[snoop1130]

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha

 

Attempts by Thailand’s National Hazardous Substance Committee to review the ban on herbicides paraquat and glyphosate and insecticide chlorpyrifos has been thwarted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

The prime minister has ordered Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, who chairs the committee, to drop the planned review of the ban on the substances immediately from its agenda and not to raise the issue again.

 

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The swift action was taken after Deputy Agriculture Minister Mananya Thaiset told the prime minister about the committee’s planned review.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-stops-hazardous-substances-committee-reviewing-ban-on-3-chemicals/

 

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[timendres]

Credit where credit is due.

[spidermike007]

One can only hope he is sincere about the health and well being of his people. That would be an amazing development. 

Edited May 18, 2022 by spidermike007

[DezLez]

Maybe he hasn't got his shares in the relevant companies sorted out yet!

[Adumbration]

Something is not right here.

 

Who owns the companies that supply the alternatives to these banned chemicals?

 

That might shed some light on the decisiveness.

[wombat]

11 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Something is not right here.

 

Who owns the companies that supply the alternatives to these banned chemicals?

 

That might shed some light on the decisiveness.

If you could wade your way through the paperwork and shell companies my guess would be a megga conglomerate starting with MONSAN 

Edited May 18, 2022 by wombat

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The prime minister has ordered Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, who chairs the committee, to drop the planned review of the ban on the substances immediately from its agenda and not to raise the issue again.

There.. now you've been told.

[klauskunkel]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The prime minister has ordered Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit to drop the planned review of the ban on the substances immediately

but what about the envelopes?

[IAMHERE]

A few decades ago the USA helped Mexico spray its marijuana fields with paraquat. Turns out some of the plants made it thru and ended up being smoked in the USA. Bad part is that smoke caused cancer. Ultimately paraquat on marijuana was considered bad. Hope none of it is used in Thailand on the new fields.

[edwinchester]

I don't get it....all of these are still freely available to farmers or is it just our village in the whole of Thailand?

Edited May 19, 2022 by edwinchester

[userabcd]

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Edited May 19, 2022 by userabcd

[cardinalblue]

Dictator in action

[JonnyF]

15 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Something is not right here.

 

Who owns the companies that supply the alternatives to these banned chemicals?

 

That might shed some light on the decisiveness.

Exactly. If he was really concerned about these types of issues he would tackle the chemicals in cigarettes that cause cancer by allowing the much less harmful Vaping. But no, that would upset the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly.

 

Or tackle the carcinogenic filth that is expelled from public buses in Bangkok every day. But no, that would cost money and leave less in the trough to siphon off.

 

I too suspect he (or his cohorts) has a vested interest in selling the alternative. 

[zzaa09]

18 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

One can only hope he is sincere about the health and well being of his people. That would be an amazing development. 

Sure. 

More cynical folks might suggest that there's an angle somewhere in the mix, which has little or nothing to do with the well being of the population or beneficial to the commons. 

 

Just sayin'.