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 | THAILAND: Map Ta Phut Residents file pollution complaint with court
October 3rd, 2007
Residents of Map Ta Phut have filed a complaint with the provincial administrative court against Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras and the National Environment Board for failing to declare Map Ta Phut a pollution control area.
EDITORIAL: Sick to death of factories: Go-ahead for more petrochemical plants in Rayong may add to the ill effects of industrial pollution |
| Clean up the act
by Kamol Sukin, The Nation
February 12th, 2007
Though they cannot as yet name the culprits, several investigations
concur that emissions from Map Ta Phut are poisoning the locals |
 | INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
Deaths blamed on Map Ta Phut
by Pennapa Hongthong, The Nation
February 12th, 2007
Former refinery employee says sister and some fellow teachers and
students died from array of factory emissions in Thailand. Nearby villagers were never aware of the chemicals and the potential risks that staff of the industrial complex knew about. |
| Study: Area residents breathing highly toxic air
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION AT MAP TA PHUT
by KULTIDA SAMABUDDHI, Bankok Pot
October 10th, 2005
Rayong residents living near Map Ta Phut industrial estate are breathing a "cocktail" of cancer-causing toxic chemicals that are 60 to 3,000 times higher than safety standards, according to a recent test by the US-based Global Community Monitor (GCM) environmental group. The substances detected by the group included benzene, vinyl chloride, chloroform, volatile organic chemicals and sulphur compounds, which could also cause birth defects and serious illnesses. |
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