News Forum - Swimmers, beach-goers advised to avoid 3 areas of beach affected by Rayong oil spill

[Thaiger]

Red flags have been placed at Mae Ram Phueng beach, following a recent oil spill in the eastern province of Rayong, with officials advising swimmers to stay away. According to a Thai PBS World report, the Pollution Control Department says high levels of total petroleum hydrocarbon have been detected in the areas and people should not swim in the water or play in the sand. The contamination follows a January 25 oil leak from a ruptured pipeline owned by the Star Petroleum Refining Company, which emptied around 47,000 litres of crude oil into the sea. A second leak followed on […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

14 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

advising swimmers to stay away.

Thanks for the heads up.

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

Attapol says the provincial governor has been asked to place red flags at the affected locations and to close the areas to swimmers and other beach-goers

….. Notice they did not mention the word Tourist! Must not be enough to use this word.

[think-and-ask]

panic /terror of, viruses, bad climate /nature and wars,
is not believed, by most in world, anymore. it endes soon. :)

[harry1]

the whole incident has been mismanaged,then having to apply at the local police station to get permission to repair existing leaks that should had been detected in the first instance

[Cathat]

This is taking way to long to sort out.suprised it's not got more press.