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Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world
These enticingly flavored bait blocks are placed outside of buildings, in small black boxes that only rats and mice can enter. But the poison remains in the rodents’ bodies, threatening larger ...
High Country News9d
Turkey vultures in California are testing positive for rat poison
Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.
Napa Valley Register4y
The use of rat poison
Since Mr. Courtney also stated "Bait had been scattered and gnawed by the rat ..." I could not picture how peanut butter could be scattered and gnawed. One hopes the plastic bag of rat poison ...
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What Happens If a Human Eats Rat Poison?
As of 2011, rat poison bait must be sold in the form of blocks rather than pellets or loose bait. It must also be packaged in a tamper-proof bait station. Call your city or county ...
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The astonishing tale of how rat poison miraculously saved the life of a US President
Labelled warfarin, it instantly became the best-selling rat poison in history. One person dies every 33 seconds from cardiovascular disease in the U.S. High cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and ...
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California Assembly Expands Protections Against Toxic Rat Poison
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Assembly today passed the Poison-Free Wildlife Act, which would create stronger protections for wildlife unintentionally harmed or killed by toxic rat poisons.
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Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils
Some had died from it. These species are already threatened by foxes and feral cats. Rat poison is yet another threat—and one they may not be able to survive. Other countries have moved to ban ...