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Simon Upton urges MPs to consider better chemicals tracking

Environment Commissioner says NZ an outlier with no register and confusion of legislation.

Environment Commissioner Simon Upton.

Dita De Boni Thu, 19 May 2022

Each year in New Zealand, animals are given about seven tonnes of tetracycline antibiotics, of which about 80% find their way into the environment, contributing to a cocktail of chemicals found in the environment – but the process is neither quantified nor monitored. 

Tetracyclines are one group

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Dita De Boni Thu, 19 May 2022
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