Natural Resources Wales' changes to waste sheep dip disposal permits are aimed at safeguarding rivers Welsh farmers are to be banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land, over concerns the ...

Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn ...

Pesticides used in pet flea treatments occur widely in Welsh rivers and were detected in over three quarters of river water ...

Sheep dip is, by its very nature, extremely effective at killing insects and other invertebrates but since even a tiny amount can cause ecological havoc if it reaches a water course, regulators and ...

The annual Sheep Dip show is a couple of weeks earlier than its usual late January date, but quite fortuitously, Northern Nevada politicians and institutions provided a bountiful bouquet of buffoonery ...

Government edict on dipping sheep in a tank of chemicals to protect them against parasites had left 500 famers with debilitating health problems Farm minister George Eustice has rejected calls for an ...

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report detailing concerns about farmers being poisoned by organophosphate (OP) sheep dip has been destroyed, admits the government agency. Campaigners believe the ...

Sheep dip dripped into a watercourse devastating wildlife and local plants after a farmer failed to properly dispose of it. John Junor, of Dell Farm in Inverness, was fined £500 at Fort William ...

Welsh farmers are to be banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land, over concerns the liquid chemical treatment is polluting rivers. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it had measured ...

Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists report. Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, ...