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.
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.
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.
...Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment...Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. The School Food Trust. Spongiform Encephalopathy ...
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...
Call me a doom and gloom merchant if you will, but there's no escaping the fact that winter is on the way. The clocks have changed, the days are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping.
... the current restrictions to prevent the pesticide from causing water pollution. The restriction peri...
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... I forage near busy roads for fear of pollution and pesticides. Even Andy, following an adolescent...
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...
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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... 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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