Shinji Ozaki, Paola Movalli, Alessandra Cincinelli, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Alexander Badry, Heather Carter, Jacqueline S Chaplow, Daniela Claßen, René W R J Dekker, Beverley Dodd, Guy Duke, Jan Koschorreck, M Glória Pereira, Elaine Potter, Darren Sleep, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Nikolaos S Thomaidis, Gabriele Treu, Lee Walker
Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) are widely used to control rodent populations, resulting in the serious secondary exposure of predators to these contaminants. In the United Kingdom (UK), professional use and purchase of SGARs were revised in the 2010s. Certain highly toxic SGARs have been authorized since then to be used outdoors around buildings as resistance-breaking chemicals under risk mitigation procedures. However, it is still uncertain whether and how these regulatory changes have influenced the secondary exposure of birds of prey to SGARs...
March 28, 2024: Environmental Science & Technology