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Bird deaths in central and southern NSW have been blamed on baits laid out to catch mice, sparking warnings about poison use.
The state Environment Protection Authority investigated bird deaths around Forbes, Parkes, Dubbo, Narromine, Condobolin and the Riverina, and found some of them had been caused by baiting. Grain eating birds can be impacted after eating the pesticide coated grain, EPA executive director regulatory operations Carmen Dwyer said.
A flock of dead galahs has been found in Parkes, as people are warned about correct mouse-baiting procedures.(Kelly Lacey/Facebook)
READ MORE: Our advice is to think carefully about where the bait is being placed, only use the recommended amount of bait .
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Sri Lanka faces marine disaster as ship fire put out
Wed, 2 June 2021
A fire aboard a ship that triggered Sri Lanka’s worst-ever marine ecological disaster was finally extinguished on June 1 after a 13-day international operation, the navy said.
The near two-week inferno prompted a mammoth clean-up operation as huge volumes of microplastic granules from the Singapore-registered ship’s containers inundated 80km of beach.
The unprecedented pollution forced a fishing ban and saw thousands of troops deployed to scoop tonnes of burnt plastic from beaches.
Experts from Dutch salvage company Smit boarded the MV X-Press Pearl on June 1 and reported massive flooding of the engine rooms.