Topic: pesticide banned

[shaun01]

i have read today that any pesticides with the active ingredient rotenone including derris and derris dust has been banned from sale in shops and a total ban ie for stuff you have already comes out in October 09

[ceres]

Yes, it's been mentioned on here several times over the last few months.  I'll wait for the shed police to turn up in Oct next year!

[shaun01]

Yes, it's been mentioned on here several times over the last few months.  I'll wait for the shed police to turn up in Oct next year!

i am going to phone the shed police now

[ceres]

But I'm not doing anything illegal, unlike my local hardware shop who were still selling Derris Dust last Saturday.

[Kea]

It's only being banned because it wasn't a high value enough product to submit to all the expensive testing that was needed for EU regulations, wasn't it?