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"Mike" wrote in message ... In article , Barry & Iris McCanna writes Our nearest neighbours are over a quarter of a mile away, but all the farmers in the surrounding area are wonderful bar one, who farms a field on one of our boundaries. He is very careless with his weedkiller and we find every year that over a metre inside our boundaries starts to die off. He does the same to all the neighbouring farmers and one took revenge last year by killing off some of his maize. We have asked him to be more careful, but we just get a shrug. Our main concern is to know when he does it and what he uses because of our two precious dogs. Our youngest has this afternoon been taken to the vet by my husband as he is suddenly far from well and we hope and pray he has not eaten something. I am just waiting and hoping .............. Iris McCanna Iris, Colin Boswell is/was a Farmer here on the Isle of Wight at Newchurch and farms/grows Garlic. One of his employees asked for protective clothing whilst spraying the fields of Garlic, this was refused and said employee was sacked. Employee took Boswell to court for unfair dismissal. Employee not only won the case, but Boswell was fined heavily (to such an extent that I 'believe' he had to sell his share of the farm), not only for lack of care in providing protection for his employees and sacking same, BUT, for using a banned chemical, so, A) Is your farmer using a banned chemical? (I doubt it, but it might stir things up a bit if you ask in the right places as to what he is using) B) Is your farmer taking proper precautions? (By the sound of it, no) C) Have you complained to Environmental Health? D) Have you complained via your vet? I love these cases ;-} Chase him. Best wishes Mike Hi Mike, Thanks for this. First of all, our youngest dog is a bit better. The vet has said it is a gastric problem and he has eaten something he shouldn't. He is nowhere near his normal self, but hopefully tomorrow he will be when the medication takes effect. Our vet is excellent and, yes, we have spoken to him about this problem. No care is taken at all. The farmer does not wear any protective clothing, not even a mask. He never does, not when liming, weedkilling or fertilising. I have to go inside when he is spraying as it was discovered a couple of years ago that I was allergic to Thiruam which is one of the components of both weedkillers and fertilisers. Gives me asthma symptoms. Environmental Health is not very prevalent in this area of Normandie, something we've taken up with the Mairie and councillors several times. A Gallic shrug again! Yes, it all exists but appears is not enforced. Thanks for your help. We love chasing too -) Best wishes Iris |
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