Mystery remains after pesticides blamed for Thailand tourist deaths The father of one of the tourists has called for a fresh investigation into her death after Thai authorities said she had probably died after eating ‘toxic seaweed’ Questions remain over the mysterious deaths of six foreign tourists and a local tour guide in the northern [...]

The cover-up continues. The “full” report can be found at http://www.ddc.moph.go.th . This is not the report of a proper coronial enquiry. Neither the name of the culprit hotel where the deaths occurred, The Downtown Inn, nor of its proprietor President of the Provincial Administrative Organisation Boonlert Buranupakorn appear in the report. The name of [...]

In terms of air pollution from vehicles, one possible idea would be to introduce a cycle hire scheme in Chiang Mai. Similar to that found in over 400 European cities including London and Paris, low cost cycle rentals could be made available in the city centre to encourage usage over motor vehicles for short trips. [...]