Greenpeace demands the Klity creek be cleaned of lead
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Greenpeace and its allies called on the Pollution Control Department (PCD) Thursday to urgently rehabilitate the Klity creek in Kanchanaburi province after recent studies showed that the area had high levels of lead contamination.
“The contamination caused by waste from a lead mine took place 14 years ago, but the creek is still highly contaminated,” Ply Pirom, campaign manager for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said. “The local people need urgent help to clean up the river so they can have clean water and fish for consumption.”
He was speaking at a press conference to reveal a recent study on the contamination of the Klity creek. Greenpeace and its ally Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants (EnLAW) conducted the study in February.
The Nation
