Slug-Killing Pellets Blamed for Scottish Water Contamination

Sunday Herald › May 23, 2010

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DRINKING water in the northeast of Scotland has been contaminated by a toxic pesticide in breach of safety limits, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

Many thousands of consumers in the Peterhead area have been drinking water containing excess levels of metaldehyde, a hazardous chemical compound widely used by farmers to kill slugs. Two other areas nearby are officially said to be "at risk" of pollution from the pesticide.

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Slug-Killing Pellets Blamed for Scottish Water Contamination

The revelation has sparked anxiety amongst local people and environmentalists, while the pesticide industry says it is taking the issue "extremely seriously". Government watchdo...

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