New research from SSRP's Professor @davegoulson.bsky.social and colleagues has found high levels of harmful chemicals from pet flea treatment in bird's nests, endangering unhatched eggs and chicks. Read more below 👇

New paper by @davegoulson.bsky.social & team For those with pets that use pesticides every month to ensure that there ‘aren’t no fleas’, take a pause. We are doing a lot of harm to our garden communities.. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please consider supporting this campaign to ban toxic pesticides in pet medicines and treatments: www.pan-uk.org/pet-meds-env...

Fur from pets treated with tick and flea spot treatment impacts nesting birds. Excellent study by @cannelledemontaigu.bsky.social funded by @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social #ornithology

We are calling for the government to reassess the environmental risk of pesticides used in flea and tick treatments. You can find the publication here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...