{
  "id": 19701614,
  "title": "Thailand Issues Toxic Arsenic Alert for Six Rivers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/thailand-issues-toxic-arsenic-alert-for-six-rivers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T19:55:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/environment/thailand-arsenic-alert-rivers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health issued an urgent toxic water alert for communities along six major border rivers after laboratory tests detected abnormal arsenic spikes and high raw water turbidity. The warning covers the Sai, Ruak, Kok, Mekong, Salween and Kraburi river basins, where heavy contamination is actively disrupting municipal tap water production […] The post Thailand…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}