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173 documents for pesticide pollution
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SALMON farmers are again using a toxic pesticide years after it was thought to have been phased out. The chemical, teflubenzuron, known commercially as Calicide, is given to salmon to kill sea lice parasites.
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DRINKING water in the northeast of Scotland has been contaminated by a toxic pesticide in breach of safety limits, the Sunday Herald can reveal. Many thousands of consumers in the Peterhead area have been drinking water containing excess levels of metaldehyde, a hazardous chemical compound widely used by farmers to kill slugs. Two other areas nearby are officially said to be "at risk" of pollution from the pesticide.
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North-east farmers are being urged to take action to prevent pesticides and chemicals from leaking into watercourses. At the regional launch of a new Adas initiative called Environment Sensitive Farming, officials from Adas and the Environment Agency said that pesticide pollution was a problem in the region.
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The arguments used by many a farmer on the merits of Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time have been around for years. The idea of BST, also known as Daylight Saving Time, was first proposed in Britain in 1907 by William Willett, who was incensed at the waste of "useful daylight" first thing in the morning, during summer.
..., which should help reduce run-off and pollution this winter. The autumn drilling is virtually comp... ever to exercise caution when using pesticides. If they're not absorbed quickly into soil which i...
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...Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment...Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. The School Food Trust. Spongiform Encephalopathy ...
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FARMERS must be more open and communicative about pesticide use, said Guy Smith, an Essex arable farmer, yesterday. But notifying residents living near his fields when he intended to spray was a step too far, he added. The notification recommendation was one of several from the report of the recent Royal commission on environmental pollution.
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THE Assembly Government has begun consulting on new EU pesticide rules which may limit their use to reduce their impact on people. Cardiff is considering whether to retain the current system or adopt further controls.
..., inspection of equipment and cutting pollution risks. It also sets out options for residents want...
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FARMERS can save more than Pounds 260 by making new applications for Groundwater Authorisations for the disposal of pesticide washings before April 1. That is the advice from the Voluntary Initiative, with the advent of new Environmental Permits for discharges to groundwater, which are replacing Groundwater Authorisations. The change is due to be introduced by the Environment Agency next month. The application charge for a new Environmental Permit will be Pounds 390, which is Pounds 266 more than a Groundwater Authorisation.
... washings can lead to diffuse water pollution so it's important farmers comply with the requirem...
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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SAFETY - Genetically Modified crops
... around 27-48% and there was less use of pesticide, which culminated in less environmental damage andd a reduction in pesticide pollution. . Yet one argument is that the ideal plant requir...
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Mystery surrounds the cause of a pollution incident that left hundreds of fish dead on a four-mile stretch of river. Hundreds of trout were found dead in the Pill River, West Somerset, sparking fears that pesticide or sheep dip had got into the water.
