STOP PET PESTICIDES POLLUTING OUR RIVERS
STOP PET PESTICIDES POLLUTING OUR RIVERS
The Issue
🐾 MILLIONS of doses of pet flea and tick treatments containing imidacloprid and fipronil are sold without prescription in the UK every year. These powerful insecticides — which have been restricted in farming for the past 7 years — are freely available in supermarkets and online to use on pets and are contaminating our rivers, harming wildlife - and us.
Recent studies show they’re found in 100% of tested UK urban streams, harming the very species our ecosystems rely on — mayflies, dragonflies, beetles, and the birds and fish that depend on them.
This is chemical pollution on a national scale, and it could be stopped now...
✍️ PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION
To: Baroness Hayman, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Call on the UK Government to end the non-veterinary sale of imidacloprid and fipronil pet flea and tick treatments
❗ THE PROBLEM
- Imidacloprid and fipronil are deadly to aquatic invertebrates even in minute quantities.
- These pesticides enter water systems when washed from treated pets, from their bedding, or even our hands
- One treated dog can contaminate 5 million litres of water above safe levels.
- Yet these treatments are sold without guidance, warning, or oversight.
🚫 WHAT WE'RE ASKING
We urge the UK Government to:
1. Ban the sale of imidacloprid and fipronil-based pet parasite treatments except by veterinary prescription
2. Immediately improve warning labels to highlight the environmental harm of these products
3. Support research into safer, eco-friendly alternatives for parasite control
✍️ PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND SHARE THIS WITH AS MANY OTHERS AS POSSIBLE
Let’s protect our rivers, wildlife, and national parks!
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About the Exmoor Society
The Exmoor Society is a registered charity working to protect and promote the unique landscape, wildlife and communities of Exmoor. We believe the environment and the economy must go hand in hand — and that protecting nature starts with knowledge, action and partnership.
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The Issue
🐾 MILLIONS of doses of pet flea and tick treatments containing imidacloprid and fipronil are sold without prescription in the UK every year. These powerful insecticides — which have been restricted in farming for the past 7 years — are freely available in supermarkets and online to use on pets and are contaminating our rivers, harming wildlife - and us.
Recent studies show they’re found in 100% of tested UK urban streams, harming the very species our ecosystems rely on — mayflies, dragonflies, beetles, and the birds and fish that depend on them.
This is chemical pollution on a national scale, and it could be stopped now...
✍️ PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION
To: Baroness Hayman, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Call on the UK Government to end the non-veterinary sale of imidacloprid and fipronil pet flea and tick treatments
❗ THE PROBLEM
- Imidacloprid and fipronil are deadly to aquatic invertebrates even in minute quantities.
- These pesticides enter water systems when washed from treated pets, from their bedding, or even our hands
- One treated dog can contaminate 5 million litres of water above safe levels.
- Yet these treatments are sold without guidance, warning, or oversight.
🚫 WHAT WE'RE ASKING
We urge the UK Government to:
1. Ban the sale of imidacloprid and fipronil-based pet parasite treatments except by veterinary prescription
2. Immediately improve warning labels to highlight the environmental harm of these products
3. Support research into safer, eco-friendly alternatives for parasite control
✍️ PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND SHARE THIS WITH AS MANY OTHERS AS POSSIBLE
Let’s protect our rivers, wildlife, and national parks!
________________________________________________________________
About the Exmoor Society
The Exmoor Society is a registered charity working to protect and promote the unique landscape, wildlife and communities of Exmoor. We believe the environment and the economy must go hand in hand — and that protecting nature starts with knowledge, action and partnership.
4,401
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Petition created on 24 June 2025