A long-time campaigner against the pesticide 1080 has persuaded a council to add more cautionary details to warning signs used during aerial bait drops.
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Waikato Regional Councillor Clyde Graf got a motion passed that adds a line to warning signs which states: "Poison baits or carcasses may be present in waterways".

​The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released its eighth annual report on the aerial use of 1080.
Findings are consistent with previous years and show the 1080 regime is working as intended with the benefits of using 1080 being seen while the risks are minimised.

* Environmental Protection Authority

Importers, laboratories and other workplaces holding 1080 are being advised by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) on how to comply with the extra controls introduced by the government last week.

Tighter controls on the high purity forms of sodium fluoroacetate (1080) have been introduced in response to the criminal threat to use 1080 to contaminate infant and other formula. The new controls apply to all workplaces and all laboratories, including those operating under the Hazardous Substances Exempt Laboratories Regulations.

The New Zealand Herald

The poison 1080 is "now the most tightly regulated toxic substance in New Zealand", Environment Minister Nick Smith says, following the emergency introduction of tighter rules following a threat against baby milk formula was revealed this week.

Previously there was an exemption for use of 1080 and other toxic substances like cyanide and arsenic in research laboratories, but the loop-hole was closed on Tuesday night after the government sought approval from the Governor-general to sign off the new regulations.