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Farmers, gardeners and groundskeepers urged to cut back on pest poison use in Laois
Irish Water has found no excess of pesticides in Laois drinking water
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Pesticides have not been found in the public drinking water supplies in Co Laois to excess levels in 2019 and 2020 but Irish Water is urging domestic gardeners, farmers, grounds keepers and other users of pesticide products to consider the environment and whether pesticide use is necessary in the first instance.
Irish Waters says MCPA is an active substance present in many commonly used herbicide products used to control the growth of thistles, docks and rushes and remains the most commonly detected pesticide in Ireland. However, Irish Waters says that it often ends up in drinking water supplies.
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And a former Irish diplomat has said the comments suggested the penny was starting to drop in terms of the damage the EU s common fisheries policy (CFP) was causing to his country s fishing industry. Patrick Murphy was reacting to the agreement unveiled by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Christmas Eve.