Illnesses blamed on cassava

24 March 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Land / Public health / Social development
O’Tavao commune / Pailin Provincial Department of Environment

Officials in Battambang and Pailin provinces yesterday pointed to local cassava producers as the cause of water pollution there, which has killed fish and induced illness in families living along tainted streams. Nine of the businesses in Pailin’s O’Tavao commune that produce the root vegetable are located near two large creeks that flow through Pailin and Ratanak Mondol districts in Battambang, said Lor Thorn, deputy chief of O’Tavao commune. …

 Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/illnesses-blamed-cassava

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