Herbicide withdrawn in the UK by Dow AgroScience after being found in allotement vegetable

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An earlier story on Now Public reported strange affects on crops due to the use of aminopyralid in the UK. Farms that used aminopyralid to control certain weeds then sent animal manure to allotments only to find that the herbicide has passed through the animal and affecting certain crops.

Dow AgroSciences have now withdrawn all herbicides containing aminopyralid: here is the statement on Dow Agrosciences website

This story has not been widely reported elsewhere. Here is a recent BBC News Online report and the Pesticide Safety Directorate (PSD) report