—the location of the storage shed that was flooded near Haast

According to Section 66 of the Health and Safety at Work (Major Hazards Facilities) Regulations 2016, any operators of poison storage facilities like these must take all ‘reasonable steps’ to provide full information to the local community and relevant local authorities.

by Carol Sawyer, Mary Wood and Roger Childs

Whatever your view on the use of 1080, have you ever wondered where they have stored the sodium fluoroacetate over the last 50 years?  How about near a primary school, behind some shops or in a farm shed near a flood-prone river?

The Department of Conversation (DoC) doesn’t advertise where they are doing the stockpiling, and sometimes don’t even inform the local authorities and fire brigades.

1080 is not only a deadly poison but is also highly flammable. Not surprisingly there have been fires over the years – at…