On Fri, 25 May 2018 10:02:12 Martin Brown wrote:

On 23/05/2018 19:20, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 23/05/18 09:53, David Rance wrote:

The ironic thing is that my empty carton of Dithane (active ingredient
Mancozeb, which is where I started this thread) was reserved for amateur
gardeners. Thanks to the EU, no longer!

I'm not quite sure how it came to be banned.

Overuse in Belgian orchards vaguely rings a bell. The EU technical
report when it got put into Appendix I is online:

http://www.furs.si/law/EU/ffs/eng/an...R/Mancozeb.doc

I still can't see why it got banned after a quick flash read.

After a quick scan myself, it seems as though it's poisonous to some
fish and algae!

Dithane disappeared from the shelves in France many years ago but
fortunately I had a stock of it which has now run out - just when I need
it!

When I tried to find some in a brico shop a couple of years ago the
assistant I spoke to hadn't even heard of it!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK