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Beet growers have a neonic seed treatment for 2021
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<blockquote data-quote="They see me rolling" data-source="post: 7349452" data-attributes="member: 78420"><p>This article sums it up well </p><p></p><p>'The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Fipronil and another nerve agent called imidacloprid that was found in the rivers have been banned from use on farms for some years. There are about 10 million dogs and 11 million cats in the UK, with an <a href="https://www.pdsa.org.uk/media/7420/2019-paw-report_downloadable.pdf" target="_blank">estimated 80% receiving flea treatments</a>, whether needed or not. The researchers said the blanket use of flea treatments should be discouraged and that new regulation is needed. Currently, the flea treatments are approved without an assessment of environmental damage.'</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/pet-flea-treatments-poisoning-rivers-across-england-scientists-find[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="They see me rolling, post: 7349452, member: 78420"] This article sums it up well 'The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Fipronil and another nerve agent called imidacloprid that was found in the rivers have been banned from use on farms for some years. There are about 10 million dogs and 11 million cats in the UK, with an [URL='https://www.pdsa.org.uk/media/7420/2019-paw-report_downloadable.pdf']estimated 80% receiving flea treatments[/URL], whether needed or not. The researchers said the blanket use of flea treatments should be discouraged and that new regulation is needed. Currently, the flea treatments are approved without an assessment of environmental damage.' [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/pet-flea-treatments-poisoning-rivers-across-england-scientists-find[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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