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Furadan Story Spreads in Regional Media

Category: Kenya, Lions, WildlifeDirect news, furadan | Date: Jun 15 2009 | By: Maina

The fight to get Furadan out of reach of herders and farmers who have been using it in retaliatory killing of lions, hyenas and other predators; the incidental killing of vultures and other raptors; as well as killing of birds for food, got a boost today. In this weeks East African weekly newspaper, there was a whole spread - consisting of two articles - talking about this lethal pesticide.

Lion paralysed by Furadan

The first article, written by travel writer and friend of WildlifeDirect, Rupi Mangat, discussed the hope that we have now that Furadan is being discussed in parliament. In the article, Rupi says:

“According to WildlifeDirect Executive Director, Dr Paula Kahumbu, through Hon. John Mututho, chairman of the Agricultural Committee, Kenya’s parliament has instructed that the US-based Farm Machinery and Chemicals (FMC) mop up the remaining Furadan in Kenya and that an environmental committee be set up to draft the legal notice for the final ban”

Rupi’s article can be found in the East African online

In the second story, an East African correspondent, Philip Ngunjiri, writes about the remnants of Furadan still being secretly peddled by unscrupulous agro-veterinary shops in rural Kenya even after FMC withdrew the chemical from Kenya and instituted a buy-back programme.

Philip Nunjiri’s article in the same website

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4 Responses to “Furadan Story Spreads in Regional Media”

Alana, on 15 Jun 2009

Here is the address of FMC’s national headquarters and World Wide Web addresses to information on FMC’s web site, if anyone would like to comment to them directly regarding this issue;

FMC Corporation
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
USA
Phone: +215-299-6000
Fax: +215-299-5998

For e-mail. http://www.fmc.com/AboutFMC/ContactUs/tabid/762/Default.aspx

Here are web addresses to their Board members, and Leadership Team, and their positions;

Board Members- phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=117919&p=irol-govcommcomp

Leadership Team- phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=117919&p=irol-govmanage

Here is their corporate responsibility statement;

http://www.fmc.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.fmc.com/corporateresponsibility

Sherri S., on 15 Jun 2009

Would it be possible to repost this FMC contact information here and maybe in the Stop Wildlife Poisoning blog under an easier-to-find heading such as “FMC Contact Information”? I know I’m going to need it often and won’t remember which post it is buried in . . . .

Maina, on 16 Jun 2009

Thanks Alana for the contact information and your call to other readers to participate. We really appreciate that.

Sherri, that is a very good suggestion, I will find a place for these contacts on this blog so that they are easily available to you and others who’d like to take action.

Alana, on 16 Jun 2009

Hello Sherri and Maina,

Feel free to use it as you wish and post it where you like. It is public information. Be aware of copy right infringements. You may want to read through them on FMC’s web site before posting any further details other than links. I believe if you direct people to the links you will be alright, but I am not an attorney. Protect yourself.

Also, I would like to suggest that people who are interested in joining this effort contact their own government and ask that the production of ALL carbofuran based pesticide production be banned for all time. My opinion is that there will never be a way to completely control it.

Just a suggestion and my opinion…..

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