พาราควอต อังกฤษ
- paraquat
- พ: The thirtieth consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, having the same sound as ภ
- พา: v. to lead, to conduct, to take (somebody some place), to carry.
- พารา: n. town ที่เกี่ยวข้อง: city
- ร: The thirty-fifth consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, belonging to the low
- รา: 1) n. fungus ที่เกี่ยวข้อง: mold, mould 2) v. cease
- ค: The fourth consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, a low or third class letter
- ว: The thirty-seventh consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, having the sound of
- วอ: n. palanquin ที่เกี่ยวข้อง: sedan chair, litter
- อ: The forty-third consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, having the sound of a
- ต: The twenty-first consonคำตรงข้าม:of the Thai alphabet, a middle class letter
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The prolonged effort to ban paraquat in Thailand: The Toxic Substances Board Won’t Act
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What does is mean to be championing the revindication of Lao ethnicity when one is not in fact Lao, asks Peera Songkünnatham in this personal essay on identity and belonging.
“If farmers transition to sugarcane, they might start using dangerous herbicides like paraquat,” Wirat worries. “The toxins could easily contaminate the surrounding organic rice fields and affect the health of all the farmers.”
It is significant to point out that sugarcane growing uses five times more of the controversial pesticide, paraquat, than rice farming. That doesn’t include the common intensive use of molasses mixed with termite killers, chemical fertilizers, and other chemicals that unavoidably destroy the soil, water, the surrounding environment, and public health.