Citizens campaign to ban baits that kill wildlife
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, from 1999 through 2003, 25,549 children under 6 had poisoning symptoms after exposure to nine common rodenticides. The EPA's attempts to end direct sales to consumers of rodent baits containing SGARs like brodifacoum have been stymied by three manufacturers - Reckitt Benckiser (makers of d-CON), Spectrum and Liphatech - that have refused to discontinue the products. The EPA is reviewing the report from a scientific advisory panel that met last year... Читать дальше...
