Researchers have found widespread contamination of English rivers with two neurotoxic pesticides commonly used in veterinary flea products: fipronil and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. Researchers at ...
Fipronil is banned for use on crops in the EU, China, Vietnam and California A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and harmful to ...
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'The more you look at this, the worse it gets': Pet flea treatments linked to wildlife declines
"The level of new alarming information ... is stark." ...
Flea treatment chemicals fipronil and imidacloprid also implicated in lower cognitive scores in children with autism ...
Pet owners could be banned from buying monthly over-the-counter flea and tick treatments in a bid to reduce their use, due to environmental contamination. Ministers are considering restricting access ...
Responsible owners of the UK’s 22 million cats and dogs may well have followed advice from many vets to treat pets with a monthly preventative “spot on” flea and tick treatment. However, these ...
The chemicals are already banned from use as commercial pesticides ...
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