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Toxin levels rise in Kok River: Pollution traced to Shan State mines

by Admin | Sep 26, 2025 | Daily News

Source: Bangkok Post | By Aekarach Sattaburuth

Thailand and Myanmar’s differing water quality standards complicate cooperation, with the former capping arsenic levels at 0.01 mg/l and the latter allowing up to 0.05 mg/l — five times higher.

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