Abstract:
This research is a mixed study. The objective of the study is to study the health and environmental impacts and adaptations of
people caused by industries in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong province, a comparative study of the impact and adaptation of people
caused by Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong province, classified bypersonal factors. And study recommendations and guidelines for
solving health and environmental impacts and adaptation of people from industries in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong province. The
sampling groups in this study are 1. quantitative study; are people who living in the vicinity adjacent to Map Ta Phut industrial estate397
people. This research requires 95% confidence and accepts errors from random sampling at0.05, and 2. qualitative study; 7interviewees
consisted of people who livingin Map Ta Phut industrial estate, 4people, employees working in Map Ta Phut industrial estate, 2people and 1
academic person, which is a description of the situation. Both past and present, and including guidelines for adaptation for living with the
industry. The tools used in the study were questionnaire and semi-structured in-depth interview semi structure. Data analysis used frequency
distribution, percentage, mean), standard deviation(SD), and testing the relationship between the characteristics of the people in Map Ta Phut
area with the health and environmental impacts and adaptation of people with t-test and F-test (ANOVA).
The results of the quantitative study showed that; the majority of respondents were 55.16 percent of male,39.80percent of
aged between 31-40 years old, 34.76percent of had diploma/vocational certificate education level, 34.51percent of private company
employees, 40.55 percent of income between 10,001-20,000 baht, 46.10 percent of married status, 28.97percent of duration of living in Map
Ta Phut between 11-15 years, and 44.08 percent of Industrial characteristics in the Map Ta Phut area for a small industrial scale, the health
and environmental impacts of people caused by the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong province, found that in the overall picture, it was at
the moderate level (X ̅= 3.29). The people were most affected by the environment (X ̅= 3.37), followed by the health (X ̅= 3.22) according to
the rank, the adaptation of the people from the industry in Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong province, it was found that the overall picture
was at a medium level (X ̅= 3.42). ) According to the rank, the comparison results Impact and adaptation of people born from the Map Ta
Phut industrial estate, Rayong province. Classified by personal factors, it was found that age factors, educational level factors, occupation
factors, income factors are factors that affect impact and Adaptation of people from industries in Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong
province. Gender factors And the timing factor that lives in Map Ta Phut are factors which do not affecting the impact of people from
industries in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Rayong province.
The results of the qualitative study found that; 1. the health impact of people in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, the location
of the industrial factories and residents of the public has an impact on the level of impact, not much different. Most of the current health
problems do not have clear and severe symptoms. Found only a minor symptom, 2.People in the industrial estates have adapted to the body,
changing from using rain water or water from natural water sources to buying water for consumption and using tap water for consumption. In
terms of equipment to protect themselves from chemical contaminants in various forms Most people lack awareness of this matter, 3.
Suggestions from the results of this study are those industrial and government sectors should listen to problems that cause impacts on people
in the area. Community assistance and collaborating to resolve all three sectors through CSR activities of industrial factory in Map Ta Phut
area. In addition, people in the area still receive insufficient information about the industryin the area. Therefore, the news must be distributed
thoroughly and equally. The information must be accurate and fast for people in the area can use to protect themselves from various
emergency situations effectively.