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1m metric tonnes of fish caught in the North Sea is subsequently discarded, according to WWF-Germany – it amounts to at least one-third of the entire catch, though...
Sheep dip
18th June 2010
The Government has completely banned the use of Cypermethrin sheep dip, a pesticide that is estimated to have killed 1.5 billion freshwater animals a year before its licence was suspended in 2006.
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