More research on 1080 persistence in aquatic environments needed.
After research showed "1080 solutions prepared in distilled water and stored at room temperature for 10 years showed no significant breakdown; moreover, solutions of 1080 prepared in stagnant algal-laden water did not lose biocidal properties during 12 months.
Source..
Contaminant Hazard Reviews 1 - 35
Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre.
Paper - (McIlroy 1981a).
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Taranaki DOC workers sprayed us with 1080 pellets -
The Taranaki District Health Board is investigating claims that the Department of Conservation showered its own workers with 1080 poison during an aerial drop.
DOC sub-contractors told One News they saw a helicopter spraying weeds in Egmont National Park, which dropped 1080 pellets on top of them.
Dan Beattie said that after their 12-strong crew left the area, the chopper returned and "dumped a whole lot more 1080 on us".
He said they were not phoned or warned about the drop until after it took place.
DOC said it had no obligation to warn the contractors.
Spokesman Phil Fleury said they had been told two days in advance that the poison could be spread dependent on the weather.
"The courtesy call is the 48 hours notice and the choice that they can make to be in there or not. We don't consider people were at risk while they were in the park while this operation was on."
Source NZ Herald
DOC sub-contractors told One News they saw a helicopter spraying weeds in Egmont National Park, which dropped 1080 pellets on top of them.
Dan Beattie said that after their 12-strong crew left the area, the chopper returned and "dumped a whole lot more 1080 on us".
He said they were not phoned or warned about the drop until after it took place.
DOC said it had no obligation to warn the contractors.
Spokesman Phil Fleury said they had been told two days in advance that the poison could be spread dependent on the weather.
"The courtesy call is the 48 hours notice and the choice that they can make to be in there or not. We don't consider people were at risk while they were in the park while this operation was on."
Source NZ Herald
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