Poisoning the Planet

“Battering the Birds” – DoC’s planned 1080 drops: 2,400 tonnes of baits — Waikanae Watch

By Carol Sawyer The spurious justification Another severe beech mast is occurring across NZ right now. There is also heavy rimu fruiting and tussock seed production in many areas. This is expected to lead to very high rodent and stoat numbers in most public conservation lands from Spring 2019 onwards. DOC has planned its largest ever predator […]

via “Battering the Birds” – DoC’s planned 1080 drops: 2,400 tonnes of baits — Waikanae Watch

This year alone we are throwing enough 1080 poison on NZ to kill 85 million people – and we don’t even test our food for 1080 residues! — Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch

By Carol Sawyer Recent information from Animal Control Products Ltd is that DoC buy between 30% and 50% of their 1080 product every year, that OSPRI and regional councils account for another 40%, and (presumably) ZIP and Predator Free NZ account for the rest…. between 10% and 30%. As DoC have produced maps showing they […]

via This year alone we are throwing enough 1080 poison on NZ to kill 85 million people – and we don’t even test our food for 1080 residues! — Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch

‘Biocidal Aotearoa’ – Hear an interview with NZ MD Fiona McQueen on 1080 (On the Brink Radio) — Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch

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An excellent and informative interview. Fiona McQueen (MBChB, MD, FRACP) wrote The Quiet Forest, The Case Against Aerial 1080 in 2017. She graduated from the University of Otago in Medicine in 1980 and has worked as a consultant rheumatologist within the NZ public health system for the last 26 years. She completed an MD in Immunology […]

via ‘Biocidal Aotearoa’ – Hear an interview with NZ MD Fiona McQueen on 1080 (On the Brink Radio) — Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch