File photo o: Buried site in Tak province
Authorities in Tak province have agreed to participation by villagers living near a factory, where tons of carcinogenic cadmium waste were stored, in processes to ensure their safety.
The villagers will send their representatives to join inspections by the authorities handling the cadmium slag in warehouses in Tak’s Muang district.
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna will also take part in the inspections.
The request to be involved came from about 200 villagers living near the warehouses during a meeting with Tak authorities.
The meeting was chaired by Tak Governor Somchai Kitcharoenrungroj.
The issue of the cadmium slag received nationwide attention after thousands of tons were found stored in a factory in the central province of Samut Sakhon earlier this month.
Authorities traced the material back to warehouses in Tak, where…
