Dr ALISON BLEANEY
thewest.com.au
A landfill site in Henderson has been covered prevent further bird deaths, the Department of Environment and Conservation says. Tests on samples taken from some of the approximately 160 birds found dead around the landfill site in the City of Cockburn over the past two days had revealed high levels of the pesticide Fenthion in the birds’ stomach contents, the DEC said. Read more here
Canada Globe and Mail
A toxic agricultural pesticide blamed for killing up to 100 million birds a year in North America and for poisoning lions in Africa, is facing a proposed ban in Canada this summer. Following a ruling last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to forbid the sale of any domestic or imported food crops that have traces of the chemical carbofuran, Health Canada is proposing to “phase out all uses” of the pesticide. Read more here
Alison Bleaney
June 8, 2009 at 02:46
Carbofuran to be banned in Canada…Australia still has 6 registrations for
carbofuran.
Dr Alison Bleaney
Cathran Bowyer
June 8, 2009 at 21:33
I read these articles plus the others on dioxins, Agent Orange and Melamine. It is sad and terrifying to know that after 40 years we are still committing the same crimes against nature and humanity!
Monsanto and Dow are now being thought of as war criminals. In 40 years time what kind of criminals will we call those who sprayed our water catchments with known toxins??