DSI baffled by mystery dust found in raid

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DSI baffled by mystery dust found in raid

Warehouse seized, sample sent for tests

Published: 17 Oct 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The Department of Special Investigation has seized a large amount of what is suspected to be mineral dust during a raid on a warehouse in Chon Buri.

Residents have asked the Department of Special Investigation to look into huge piles of garbage at a dump site in tambon Ban Pom of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district. Photos by Sithikorn Wongwudthianun

The DSI suspected piles of dust found at a warehouse located on a 20-rai plot in tambon Nong Iroon in Chon Buri's Ban Bung district was mineral, for which a licence is needed if it is being held.

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rva
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Discussion 8 : 17 Oct 2012 at 15.508
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Disc 6 Dao: I couldn't agree more. Even if I buy one pen from B2S the cashier immediatly tries to throw it in an ovesized bag and I have to stop them and then just put it in my pocket.

I thought it was bad back home in the USA but the amount of wasteful packaging here is noticably obnoxious. I have a dresser drawer that is devoted to plastic bags to be recycled. Thing is, I never needed three quarters of them in the first place.
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Discussion 7 : 17 Oct 2012 at 12.197
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A poor understanding of the word mineral. Ordinary soil has a high mineral content, clay is a mineral.
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Discussion 6 : 17 Oct 2012 at 09.566
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The main component in that pile of trash is plastic bags .Disposable styrofoam plastic bags and other useless junk that is used for seconds before being thrown away .Ban plastic bags and styrofoam and reduce out waste by half .
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Discussion 5 : 17 Oct 2012 at 08.435
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I hope they clean up the sites.
At both sites, possible water pollution was/is a worry.
I'm not sure about Ayutthaya and Chonburi in general, but the canals in Bangkok are quite polluted.
Having clean canals is a possibility.
Are the sewers and stormwater drains the same, or different?
Having the sewers different (enclosed) would make it easier to keep the canals clean (if they are cleaned up) when there is torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding.
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Discussion 4 : 17 Oct 2012 at 06.404
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Seems there are 2 story's here. One is Mr Fu's iron oxide pile in a warehouse and the other story is a Municipal Garbage Dump. Why mix these 2 storey's if they're not related Bangkok Post?
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Discussion 3 : 17 Oct 2012 at 06.133
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Forget global warming, let's fix this eye sore in our own backyard!
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Discussion 2 : 17 Oct 2012 at 06.102
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It looks like Thailand desperately needs to invest in a comprehensive waste management & recycling system. This is blatantly unacceptable for such a country as beautiful as Thailand!
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Discussion 1 : 17 Oct 2012 at 04.431
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Blatant disregard to Mother Nature is not a good idea. Eventually she will come back and bite us on the arse.
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