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WPAS

Water Protection Advice Sheets

Water Protection Advice Sheets should be consulted when using the following pesticides which can pose a particular concern to water.

Water Protection Advice Sheets are available for the following pesticides:

Protect water to keep bentazone as a weed control option

Unless extreme care is taken to protect water from carbetamide there is a serious risk that their use will be restricted.

Protect water to keep CTU as a control option

Clopyralid is extremely difficult to remove from water and unless very great care is taken to protect water there is a serious risk that...

Mecoprop-p is a useful economic option for control of broad leaved weeds in cereals and grassland.

Metaldehyde is a valuable and popular product for slug control in a wide range of crops

Metazachlor and quinmerac have been detected in drinking water sources, and unless extra care is taken to reduce the risks to water there...

Propyzamide is key to controlling grassweeds, especially blackgrass, in oilseed rape

Quinmerac highly mobile so field losses from run-off and drain flow matter as does good practice during application and when filling and...