Thai government warns against eating snails from the Shan Lun River
# Thai River
# Snail Risk
# Shan Lun
# Government Warn
# River Snails
# Health Alert
Thai authorities are urging children, pregnant women and people with chronic diseases not to eat snails captured from the Shan Lun River because of elevated levels of arsenic. Experts have warned that the arsenic content in these snails has exceeded the safety standard by 10 to 20 times, which may cause serious poisoning after consumption. The findings were presented to Thai news agencies on May 3 by Somporn Pengkham, director of the Environmental Health Public Advocacy Platform (CHIA Platform). It is reported that the snail samples used for the study were sent for inspection by the Mae Sam Laep village administration and received the Thai health
2026-05-09 ·