Pesticide Killed P.E.I. Fish: Report
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Pesticide Killed P.E.I. Fish: Report
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Sat, 9 Nov 2002 09:42:05 -0500
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Last Updated Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:44:09
Pesticide killed P.E.I. fish: report
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tests show the fish that died in Prince Edward Island's Wilmot River last summer contained the insecticide azinphos-methyl, the provincial Fisheries Department said Friday.
INDEPTH: The Pesticide Debate
More than 4,000 fish died in Island rivers in nine incidents.
Environmentalists feared azinphos-methyl, commonly used by potato growers to control bugs and blight, may have been the culprit.
FROM JULY 20, 2002: Pesticides may be killing P.E.I. fish
Now that fear has been confirmed.
The department report indicates that pesticides were the most likely cause of death in seven of nine incidents, said Fisheries Minister Chester Gillan.
FROM JULY 25, 2002: P.E.I. limits pesticide use after more fish die
Heavy rainfalls washed the chemical from farm fields into the river, he said.
In two other fish kills, in the Tryon River and the east branch of the Westmoreland River, the evidence was inconclusive.
Environment Canada is considering charges in four incidents.
Written by CBC News Online staff http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/08/pei_fish021108
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