Press release 21/2025 from 28.05.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025
Rat poison harms fish and accumulates in the environment
… cycle. Although the baits contain only small amounts of these highly toxic active substances, traces of them have been widely detected in various wild animals, such as robins, shrews, red kites, and foxes. Residues of these substances have also been detected in wild fish from rivers like the Danube, Rhine, … aquatic environments and feed mainly on fish. The detected concentrations of active substances show that accumulation is indeed occuring along the food chain. It is …