Stone trucks run in tambon Na Phra Lan, in Saraburi’s Chalerm Prakiat district, in 2019. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
The Ministry of Public Health has developed an application to monitor the health of residents in tambon Na Phra Lan, in Saraburi’s Chalerm Prakiat district, due to growing concerns over air pollution from the area’s limestone mines and concrete factories.
The chairman of the ministry’s Intelligence Unit, Rungruang Kitpati, said the ministry is aware of the impact of particulate matter pollution on residents’ health in the area, which has been designated a pollution control zone since 2004.
By law, local authorities in a pollution control zone must disclose all pollution-related data so residents can better protect…
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