This comes after his deputy Mananya Thaiset as well as Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul many times promised a ban would take place soon. "I'm ready to enforce the ban if it's agreed," Mr Chalermchai said. Despite tremendous support for the ban from health specialists and academics, the NHSC is still is not convinced about the need to ban the herbicides. Meanwhile, Mr Chavalit said on Wednesday the House committee is looking forward to hearing opinions from ministers from four key ministries over the proposed ban. The ministries are the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Public Health.

Source: Bangkok Post October 02, 2019 22:07 UTC