Common pesticide caused Mass -Tod of Little Corellas, NSW Environment Watchdog confirmed | New South Wales

A joint agricultural pesticide caused the mass extinction of 200 Little Corellas in Newcastle, the New South Wales Watchdog confirmed.

The environmental protection authority said that toxic tests had found the presence of Gerstenkorn and the fenitrothion of the pesticide in all deceased birds.

Fenitrothion is a pesticide that is usually used in agriculture to combat insect pest.

An EPA spokesman said the supervisory authority continued its investigation and asked “everyone with information about death or a possible abuse of pesticide.

“The EPA has carried out a thorough investigation and will continue to examine all investigative lines,” they said.

In March, voluntary “extremely confronted” scenes in suburbs such as Hamilton, Carrington, Waratah, Broadmeadow, Lambton and near the University of Newcastle, where the dead and sick birds were found.

Veterinarians and volunteers said they had done everything to save surviving, seriously ill birds.

Most birds were small corellas, but several sulfur kockatoos were also affected.

Jason Gordon, the executive director of the EPA of regulatory operations, said at the time that it was a stressful situation. Affected birds showed symptoms such as bleeding, amazing, paralysis and inability to fly.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) currently checks the regulation and use of fenitrothion, which is legally and, as the EPA, “easily available for sale”.

In a state announcement last year, the APVMA said that it was “not satisfied” that the current instructions for fenitrotrottrothion products would protect non-target species.

The announcement stated that fenitrothion for birds was poisonous and the use in a number of cultures and some fruit and vegetables “according to the currently approved instructions took an unacceptable risk for birds”.

In NSW, the negligent use of pesticides that do not target targeted animals or plants may attract punishments of up to $ 500,000 for individuals and $ 2 million for companies.

The EPA spokesman said that everyone who has information about death or a possible abuse of pesticide should contact the EPA under 131 555.