Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn ...

Natural Resources Wales' changes to waste sheep dip disposal permits are aimed at safeguarding rivers Welsh farmers are to be banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land, over concerns the ...

Sheep dip is, by its very nature, extremely effective at killing insects and other invertebrates but since even a tiny amount can cause ecological havoc if it reaches a water course, regulators and ...

The annual Sheep Dip show is a couple of weeks earlier than its usual late January date, but quite fortuitously, Northern Nevada politicians and institutions provided a bountiful bouquet of buffoonery ...

Sheep dip dripped into a watercourse devastating wildlife and local plants after a farmer failed to properly dispose of it. John Junor, of Dell Farm in Inverness, was fined £500 at Fort William ...

Sheep dip could be banned across large parts of England and Wales in a clampdown against pollution, Farmers Weekly has learned. The ban in areas at high-risk from pollution is just one option being ...

A Welsh MP is leading a debate in Westminster on sheep-dip poisoning. Newport East MP Jessica Morden is calling for an independent inquiry into the use of organophosphate sheep dip during the 1970s ...

Farmers shopping around for sheep dipping services should be wary of “cowboy” contractors flouting human, animal and environmental health rules. The warning follows two recent cases of malpractice ...

Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists report. Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, ...