{
  "id": 2671025,
  "title": "Toxic Alarm: Arsenic and Heavy Metals Found in Northern Thailand’s Rivers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/toxic-alarm-arsenic-and-heavy-metals-found-in-northern-thailands",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T22:26:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/environment/heavy-metals-in-northern-thailand-rivers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "CHIANG RAI – A shocking new environmental report has recently raised serious alarms across communities in Northern Thailand. The Department of Pollution Control recently found dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals in major local waterways. During their tests, officials examined the muddy sediment in the Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers. The sediment deep in […] The post Toxic Alarm: Arsenic and…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}