Astonishment! Another 1,000 tonnes of cadmium appears in Samut Sakon, accelerating the hunt for another 3,000 tonnes.

Reporters reported that more than 13,000 tons of cadmium waste from a factory in Tak province had been removed from the area since the case was in the news. A further cadmium residue was found at a factory in Mueang District, Chamut Sakon Province, amounting to approximately 2,500 tonnes, with the remaining 10,000 tonnes not found in the factory area. And on April 6, Ministry of Industry and police officials found more than 6,000 tons of cadmium waste in a warehouse near Klong Kew, Ban Phueng District, Chonburi Province, which was verified to be from the same source as the factory in Samut Sakon. By seizing and confiscating and filing legal proceedings.

Mrs. Pimbatra Wichaikul, Minister of Industries This comes after the Department of Industrial Works clarified that cadmium-laced zinc waste is considered a Category 3 hazardous substance under the Hazardous Substances Act. Action will be taken against the illegal holders. Recently, on the morning of April 7, the Ministry of Industry Samut Sakhon Provincial Industry Office and the combined forces of the Central Investigation Police and the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division raided a factory that was operating a copper casting business in Samut Sakhon, Bang Chuet sub-district. Investigated. And piles of copper sediment cadmium waste found scattered inside and outside the building amounting to more than 1,000 tons have been confiscated. They also filed a complaint against the factory

Also, factories were ordered to carry waste piles to all buildings. To prevent the spread of cadmium residue. At the same time, the Samut Sakhon Provincial Industrial Office has also deployed a team of officials to inspect another factory in Samut Sakhon, Na Kok area, where cadmium waste is expected to accumulate.

Mrs. Bimbatra He said that since the inspection and seizure of cadmium waste last week. The figure is nearly 10,000 tonnes, which is 70% of the total cadmium waste transported from Tak province to Samut Sakhon province, which he handed over to the Industrial Works Department. And the Provincial Industry Office accelerated inspections in other areas. Both Samut Sakhon and nearby provinces where collection is expected to wait for the transfer or transport to another location and quickly transfer all captured cadmium waste to the original landfill. This should allay people's concerns.