pollution

The Appeal Court has upheld a lower court's ruling ordering Lead Concentrates Co to pay 36 million baht in compensation to Karen villagers suffering from lead contamination. The court said yesterday it agreed with the Kanchanaburi Provincial Court which ruled in 2010 that the lead-mining firm was responsible for polluting the Klity Creek in Lower Klity village in Thong Pha Phum district. Altogether 151 villagers, including Jisa Nasuansuwan, 64, who died of cancer in 2008, were exposed to toxic substances in the creek, the sole water supply for the village for 14 years.

Environmentalists reported that pollution has recently worsened in Ha Noi, caused by solid and water waste as well as exhaust fumes. Contamination has seriously affected local residents' health and daily lives, they said. Fourteen hospitals in the western part of the city had their waste treatment systems downgraded, and eight central hospitals temporarily treated waste with Cloramin B when their systems failed.

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The wife of slain protester Thongnak Sawekchinda said her husband's murder was likely a result of a drop in profits caused by the movement to stop coal being transported through Samut Sakhon.

Jomkwan Sawekchinda, 46, said coal-related companies, and in particular the transport sector, will have been angered by Thongnak's disruption of their business.

She said her husband was a key leader in the fight against the coal business in tambon Tha Sai in Muang district.

Beijing will not only have to reduce existing pollution in the city over the next five years, but also control any potential increases in pollution, an environmental official said Thursday.