Every year, millions of doses of ‘spot-on’ pet flea and tick treatments, containing imidacloprid and fipronil, are sold without prescription in the UK.
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 our petition below urging the government to:
– Ban the sale of imidacloprid and fipronil-based pet parasite treatments except by veterinary prescription
– Immediately improve warning labels to highlight the environmental harm of these products
– Support research into safer, eco-friendly alternatives for parasite control
Sign here:
https://chng.it/t8Yv9XqgHs
Once completed, please share with as many other people as possible.
Let’s protect our rivers, wildlife, and national park!
