Common pet flea treatment ‘should be banned’ due to environment concerns

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to ban pet flea and tick treatments from general sale.

A new report warned the treatments are potentially causing widespread damage to nature and rivers

Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent Millions of doses of pet flea treatment are being applied unnecessarily each year, potentially causing widespread damage to the environment, peers have warned. The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee is calling for a ban on the general sale

Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways Over-the-counter flea treatment for cats and dogs should be banned as millions of hazardous chemicals are unnecessarily applied to UK pets each year, a parliamentary report has concluded. Cats and dogs ar

Pet owners should be banned from buying flea sprays at supermarkets because they contain chemicals which pollute the environment, a parliamentary committee said.