Matt HodgkinsonMar 2, 2025

"One flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/23/flea-treatments-cats-dogs-environmental-hazard

#Insecticides #FleaTreatment #FleaTreatments #PetOwnersAdvice #Environment #VeterinaryDrugs #CatsOfMastodon #MastoDogs #Fipronil #Imidacloprid #BirdConservation #Permethrin #EnvironmentalContamination #PetsOfMastodon

Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way

Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternatives, says writer Sophie Pavelle

The Guardian
Show threadEFSAFeb 23, 2023

#VeterinaryDrugs residues in animals & food

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Results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues in Europe in 2021

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