What does a New Zealander, or indeed a tourist do when they suspect 1080 poisoning has occurred? Harden up? Hope for the best? Believe that “she’ll be right?” Or perhaps go to the GP who, in the case of the two sisters caught in 1080 dust during their picnic, “didn’t really know how to deal…
A video of the results of a recent large scale drop of 1080 bait near Lake Taupo. “people are drawing their water from this creek”… and deer carcasses litter the landscape… poisoned carcasses are left to decompose in streams. The bodies are toxic and can kill… 20 species of native birds feed on the pellets,…
News is breaking in New Zealand about the potential contamination of milk powder by the environmental toxin 1080. Fonterra, Synlait and the A2 Milk Company have been placed in trading halt. Fonterra and other dairy companies in trading halt http://t.co/VYWvcUTafg — NBR (@TheNBR) March 10, 2015 An anti-1080 group allegedly threatened to poison infant…
The dangers of living in an economy too dependent on agriculture hit home today in New Zealand. Dairy farmers are facing a “disastrous” year after a prediction that none will make money from Fonterra’s payout forecast, issued today. According to an article in today’s NZFarmer.co.nz: Fonterra today cut its farm gate milk price forecast for…
We’ve discovered that computer equipment registered to Landcare Research’s internet server has been used to edit Wikipedia pages. Landcare Research (Māori: Manaaki Whenua) is one of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes. The focus of the research at this company is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability. It now operates as a government-owned company rather than as…
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