Welsh farmers are to be banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land, over concerns the liquid chemical treatment is polluting rivers. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it had measured ...

Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for ...

More than 28,000 sheep have been dipped to rid a Hebridean island of a costly and contagious parasite. Crofters and farmers on Lewis and Harris co-ordinated time off, wagons, trailers, and dogs to dip ...