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pet flea treatments
Coverage of pet flea treatments in the Nexus archive.
- Experts call for restrictions on pet flea treatments that harm UK songbirds
Experts urge restrictions on pet flea treatments after research found common UK garden birds' feathers widely contaminated with insecticides linked to brain damage and chick mortality. Permethrin, imidacloprid, and fipronil—banned for agricultural use but present in pet treatments—were detected in nearly all tested samples.