Your Daily Poison - Pesticide Action Network UK
Your Daily Poison - Pesticide Action Network UK
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Local authority Number and<br />
nature of<br />
complaints about<br />
pesticides<br />
received in 2004.<br />
North Hertfordshire<br />
District Council<br />
North Lanarkshire<br />
Council<br />
Perth & Kinross<br />
Council<br />
Penwith District<br />
Council<br />
26<br />
1: agricultural use General advice<br />
given.<br />
<strong>Action</strong> taken. Do you as a Local<br />
Authority have a<br />
pesticides policy?<br />
0 - We have strict rules<br />
on use of<br />
pesticides,<br />
insecticides and<br />
rodenticides which<br />
consider<br />
environmental<br />
impact.<br />
1: alleged rat<br />
poison in private<br />
water supply.<br />
Rhondda Cynon Taff 1: domestic<br />
problem.<br />
Sevenoaks District<br />
Council<br />
South Lakeland<br />
District Council<br />
What policies and What quantities<br />
experiences do of pesticides did<br />
you have of 1) you use in 2004?<br />
the use of nonchemical<br />
weed<br />
control 2)<br />
tolerance of some<br />
weeds?<br />
What measures<br />
do you take to<br />
ensure your 1)<br />
contract<br />
specifiers and 2)<br />
contractors are<br />
appropriately<br />
trained?<br />
No N/A N/A We will only employ<br />
qualified<br />
contractors. They<br />
supply the<br />
certificates before<br />
they start work.<br />
N/A N/A Our pest<br />
contractors operate<br />
to same conditions<br />
as ourselves (wasps<br />
and bees only).<br />
Water sampled by No N/A ‘Not my department Not known.<br />
public analyst – still<br />
awaiting results.<br />
– sorry.’<br />
0 - N/A N/A N/A All staff using<br />
pesticides must<br />
have been trained<br />
and hold the<br />
appropriate<br />
qualifications<br />
according to Council<br />
health and safety<br />
policy.<br />
4: 2 agriculture; 1<br />
domestic; 1<br />
complaint over<br />
actions of private<br />
pest control<br />
company.<br />
No formal action –<br />
investigation and<br />
sampling of treated<br />
timber. Shows<br />
lindane/dieldrin but<br />
of no toxicological<br />
significance.<br />
Policy kept under a<br />
separate<br />
department [sic]<br />
None. N/A N/A<br />
N/A No The Environmental Rodenticides and<br />
Health Dept has no<br />
experience of weed<br />
control. On Council<br />
owned conservation<br />
land hand-pulling of<br />
weeds is employed.<br />
insecticides.<br />
0 - Contract Group<br />
follow Code of<br />
Practice.<br />
N/A 175 litres<br />
glyphosate; 1 litre<br />
chlorpyrifos; 70<br />
litres diuron; 2<br />
litres<br />
bupirimate/triforine<br />
; 45 litres of<br />
dichlorophen;10<br />
litres fenarimol;25<br />
litres<br />
dialkyldimethyl<br />
ammonium<br />
chloride; 5 litres<br />
carbendazim; 5<br />
litres<br />
clopyralid/fluroxypy<br />
r/MCPA; 6 litres<br />
iprodione; 5 litres<br />
mecoprops/2,4-D;<br />
16 litres<br />
dimethoate.<br />
RSH diplomas in<br />
Pest Control and<br />
ATB foundation<br />
modules for<br />
pesticides. All<br />
training in-house.<br />
N/A<br />
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