1080 Poison Low Risk in Water - Similar to Cooking Oil - EPA
Sunday, 4 January 2015, 3:07 pm Press Release: The Graf Boys
1080 Poison Low Risk in Water - Similar to Cooking Oil -
EPA
In a letter to the CE of Waikato Regional Council, the
CE of the Environmental Protection Authority suggests that
1080 poison does not harm aquatic life, and breaks down into
harmless bi-products in water.
However, some of the
research referenced - Niwa freshwater ecologist Dr Alistair
Suren's work - highlights a common trend in the poison
industry, with regard to the misrepresentation of
1080-poison science by New Zealand authorities, and those
that use the poison ...
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