Abstract

Increasing regulatory and product safety standards along with the enhanced expectations of todays consumers have influenced the manner in which new pesticides are researched, developed and marketed. Potential new pesticides and older compounds subject to re-evaluation, face everrising standards in product efficacy, toxicology and environmental risk assessment. Vertebrate pesticides are no exception to this worldwide phenomenon and in this paper we review, using possum control in New Zealand as a case-study, some of the factors that are likely to influence the future use of toxicants in this field.

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