📢 Public health confirms arsenic in reeds and plumbing rivers

Public health confirms arsenic in the Reed River and plumbing the village of Chiang Rai is normal, continuous surveillance, protection against public health effects.

According to a team of scholars from Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai Province, the results of the detection of arsenic deposits in the hair and nails of people in vulnerable areas along the River Kok, Mr. Chuchuk Phong Chai, governor of Chiang Rai Province.

It convened the Reeds, Rivers, Rivers and Mekong Quality Monitoring and Monitoring Committee, which the research team noted was uncertain because it found factors that could affect accuracy: that pesticides were sprayed in the area within 24 hours of the sample collection. The research team, together with the Department of Pollution Control, re-examined and reported the results within 2 weeks. Provincial Public Relations Office, provided easy-to-understand materials to guide the correct practices for citizens and tourists. The Ministry of Health, gave the Department of Medical Sciences to monitor arsenic surveillance in the urine of vulnerable groups, detect food contamination, and monitor the quality of village water supply, together with meetings of agencies in all sectors. Follow up on arsenic contamination monitoring in the Reed River and arsenic monitoring in the village water supply, which is found to be within the benchmark, ensuring that people can live normally, while the Department of Pollution Control, which has been monitoring heavy metal contamination in the Reed River continuously. According to the order of Mr Suchang Chom, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, stated that it has checked the water quality 15 times. Most of them are still within the benchmark, except for the Thang Bridge and Mae Nawang Ban, Mae Eye District, Chiang Mai Province, which exceeds the standard. However, the relevant departments will be constantly monitoring and monitoring to prevent the effect. Impact on public health

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