Browsing: Pollution Control Department

An initial check by the local branch of the Pollution Control Department in Samut Sakhon province found that 15,000 tons of cancer-causing cadmium waste in smelting warehouses have not yet harmed anyone, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan.

There are still ongoing forest fires in the northern provinces of Thailand, which are causing thick smoke to enter the atmosphere, while firefighters from the Forest Department and Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation are trying to…