Press release 35/2020 from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 12.08.2020
Rodent control measures are contaminating fish
… where it bioaccumulates in fish liver. These are the findings of a new research project done on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA). The active substances … of rodenticide. Nearly every one of the fish liver samples analysed in the research project – perch, pikeperch, brown trout, chub, and gudgeon – contained residues of … accumulate in aquatic organisms and have a poisoning effect. A follow-on UBA project by the Federal Institute of Hydrology in collaboration with the Bavarian …