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  • A Dog's Life with Anna Webb joined by Dr Andrew Prentis on Flea insecticides poisoning British Waterways

    by Anna Webb

    Vet and Environmental campaigner, Andrew Prentis is also  a ‘fellow’ at Imperial College. He is amongst the team of scientists that have advised pet owners to be more sparing in their use of toxic flea and tick treatments, warning that they are entering watercourses and damage aquatic ecosystems.

     

    Reviewing 160 scientific papers on the impact on aquatic ecosystems of imidacloprid, a pesticide used in 138 pet treatments sold in the UK. They found that “one monthly flea treatment for a large dog contains enough imidacloprid to kill 25 million bees".  

    Posted in Ecosystems, environment, Environmnetal, fleas, PetInsecticides, Waterways