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08-06-2008, 09:03 AM
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| | | Petition against Metaldehyde Slug Pellets
There is currently a petition running to ban the use of Metaldehyde Slug pellets, these are the blue ones obtained very cheaply in most places. They are very toxic & dangerous to wildlife, pets & toddlers. 
Please sign up, thanks everyone. Petition to: Ban Metaldehyde as a slug killer. |
09-06-2008, 12:40 PM
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Have signed. I walked past shelves of these things today...it's time they were taken off the market. |
13-06-2008, 02:31 PM
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Guess there are still demands for them by people who are not bothered by the risk factor unfortunately! |
13-06-2008, 03:49 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mid Glamorgan South Wales
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signed. Am surprised anybody still uses pellets when there are so many other deterrants these days.
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19-06-2008, 06:59 AM
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Anybody have any thoughts or experience on the use of copper as a slug or snail deterrent? |
19-06-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by djackso  Anybody have any thoughts or experience on the use of copper as a slug or snail deterrent? | I think if anybody has djackso to post a new thread, as not to hijack this one!
Cheers Jez 
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19-06-2008, 11:26 AM
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Signed up!
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19-06-2008, 03:55 PM
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Yes sure - sorry - not entirely sure of the rules, having already been criticized for the reverse!
BTW the makers claim metalaldehyde is not dangerous to wildlife - I remember a leaflet posted up at work. |
19-06-2008, 04:46 PM
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I've just tried to sign, but I don't think their website is working properly as it won't send me the confirmation email needed to add a signature to the petition.
But I will definitely try again another day though, as using this type of slug pellet is totally needless, and it makes me very cross that they are still on sale in every supermarket, garden centre, pound shop etc!!!
OK, I'm back off my soap box now. |
19-06-2008, 04:58 PM
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Yes...
I've just signed it...I hate the stuff, wish people live-let-live and put up with slugs, us and the slugs are all in the same ecosystem... |
19-06-2008, 05:21 PM
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I've managed to sign it now. |
19-06-2008, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by djackso Yes sure - sorry - not entirely sure of the rules, having already been criticized for the reverse!
BTW the makers claim metalaldehyde is not dangerous to wildlife - I remember a leaflet posted up at work. | Not trying to critisize you soz. Just trying to keep the page open to the topic in question! 
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19-06-2008, 06:33 PM
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Signed
I have to see and worry about the local borough councils flower beds covered in blue pellets 
They spray weed killer too |
20-06-2008, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by djackso Yes sure - sorry - not entirely sure of the rules, having already been criticized for the reverse!
BTW the makers claim metalaldehyde is not dangerous to wildlife - I remember a leaflet posted up at work. | I find that hard to believe as there are warnings on the tubs to keep it away from pets & children! |
20-06-2008, 03:31 PM
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I found this piece on Metaldehyde. Metaldehyde
Interestingly the US Environmental Protection Agency classifies metaldehyde as a Restricted Use Pesticide because of its potential short-term and long-term effects on wildlife. All product labels must include the following statement on the front panel: ‘this pesticide may be fatal to dogs or other pets if eaten. Keep pets out of treated areas’(4). |
20-06-2008, 06:05 PM
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Whatever must it do to the birds, frogs and Hedgehogs then who eat the poisioned slugs |
21-06-2008, 12:00 PM
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Petition signed and delivered. |
21-06-2008, 12:29 PM
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Signed
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21-06-2008, 08:59 PM
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I am worried we still have those blue pellets........NOT FOR LONG!
What alternatives are there, I may have heard broken egg shells work.
Will sign if my internet connection stays on long enough
Annmaria
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21-06-2008, 09:05 PM
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Signed!!
ellen
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21-06-2008, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by annmaria I am worried we still have those blue pellets........NOT FOR LONG!
What alternatives are there, I may have heard broken egg shells work.
Will sign if my internet connection stays on long enough
Annmaria |
There is no alternatives you don't use them in the first place 
Think you are killing thrush and Hedgehogs.
I would rarther lose a few plants than wildlife..
Signed but SHOULDN'T NEED TO |
22-06-2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh There is no alternatives you don't use them in the first place
Think you are killing thrush and Hedgehogs.
I would rarther lose a few plants than wildlife..
Signed but SHOULDN'T NEED TO | Er Kayleigh, I THINK we are in agreement on this issue, I am sure I have heard there are quite a few safe non chemical alternatives, which I WILL look for.
I wont roll my eyes ok
Annmaria
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22-06-2008, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by annmaria Er Kayleigh, I THINK we are in agreement on this issue, I am sure I have heard there are quite a few safe non chemical alternatives, which I WILL look for.
I wont roll my eyes ok
Annmaria | Sorry Ann,
I got the impression you were still using the Metaldehyde Slug Pellets..
There are alternatives but I find them pointless as the amount of plants I loose to slugs to be minimal.
I even grow Hostas in the ground they get a few holes but so what, the thrush is enjoying the snails. |
22-06-2008, 04:26 PM
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Hi Kayleogh , no worries . I have discovered WAB members can be fairly passionate about issues which can only be a good thing for wildlife and the environment.
Cheers
Annmaria
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22-06-2008, 09:27 PM
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i have signed the petition, why cant people see that by using these they are not solving a problem just creating more for other creatures?!!! | |
