East Bay Express The soil was tilled, and fertilizers and pesticides, including a highly toxic and illegal rat poison from Mexico called Fosfuro de Zinc or zinc phosphide , were spread throughout the site. Cornejo is subject to deportation after he serves his sentence ...
Patch.com Necropsies revealed the birds were negative for all diseases and instead died from strychnine and zinc phosphide poisoning, said Stella McMillin, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The chemical compounds are ...