Klity Creek lead cleanup stumbles
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Long-running environmental saga no closer to a happy resolution
published : 28 Feb 2021 at 04:00
3 BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Lower Klity village in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi province is located by Klity Creek, an illegal dumping ground for toxic lead sediment discharged from lead processing plants upstream for several decades and, INSET: Chalalai Nasuansuwan, 32, a villager and founder of local civic group Lower Klity Dee Jang .
Pollution in Klity Creek in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi province has been a health and environmental threat for villagers who relied for water consumption for decades. Three years ago, authorities launched a cleanup the first state-supervised environmental cleanup in Thailand. This series aims to explore how it is going.