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Too late to save Klity Creek
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Too late to save Klity Creek
No matter how big the state s cleanup effort now, it cannot take the waterway back to its prior unspoiled state, though a polluter-pays policy would have helped
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8 Mar 2021 at 04:30
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Work underway to remove toxic sediment from the Klity Creek bed. The sediment was then taken to be buried in the forest away from the community. (Photo by Tanapon Phenrat)
Pollution in Klity Creek in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi has been a health and environmental threat for villagers who have relied on its water for consumption for decades. Three years ago, authorities launched a cleanup the first state-supervised environmental cleanup in Thailand. The second and final part of this series aims to explore how it is going. ....

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