Thailand plans to send a minister to Myanmar to investigate suspected mining sites blamed for contaminating rivers that flow across the border as it steps up efforts to trace pollution that has threatened drinking water and farmland.
The environment ministers of both countries are likely to visit affected areas and examine possible sources of contamination in the Kok and Sai rivers, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said late Thursday after meeting with Myanmar officials. The trip has yet to be scheduled.