FarmersWeekly The pesticide chlorpyrifos , an insecticide widely used on cereals, maize and grass, was found to have polluted a 15km (nine-mile) stretch of the river from Marlborough in Wiltshire to Hungerford in West Berkshire. The Environment Agency said the ... and more »
Marlborough People Environment Agency experts found the chemical washed into the River Kennet at Marlborough in Wiltshire was chlorpyrifos , a common agricultural pesticide. It has wiped out all the aquatic insects on a stretch from a sewage treatment plant near ... and more »
