BIOTHAI is joining with as many as 700 other civil society groups and people around Thailand in support of the Ministry of Public Health’s recommendation to ban the use of Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos, and restrict the use of Glyphosate. For further information, click on the timeline and see refer
The petition of 700 organisations forming a network to push for a ban on the use of hazardous agricultural chemicals in Thailand was received yesterday by Mr Krisada Boonraj, the Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, on behalf of the Thai Prime Minister.
We are calling for the government and the Hazardous Substances Control Bureau to immediately and unconditionally ban paraquat and chlorpyrifos and restrict the use of glyphosate.
We are calling for the government and the Hazardous Substances Control Bureau to immediately and unconditionally ban paraquat and chlorpyrifos and restrict the use of glyphosate.