Chemicals in pet flea treatments are causing “severe and potentially irreversible harm” to wildlife and urgent action must be taken to curb their use, an expert has warned. An assessment by ecologist ...

Lib Dems to urge government to control sale of products containing chemicals that kill wildlife such as fish and birds The use of toxic flea treatments for pets should be tightly restricted, the ...

Fipronil is banned for use on crops in the EU, China, Vietnam and California A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and harmful to ...