Pesticides could be killing lobster larvae
Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 7:13 AM AT
CBC News

A government researcher in New Brunswick has found that agricultural pesticides can kill lobster larvae, but whether that's happening in the wild is still in question.

'We're not trying to paint anything here as the one factor.'— Wayne Fairchild, DFO scientist

Wayne Fairchild, a scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Moncton, is close to publishing results of laboratory research.

Fairchild told CBC News Wednesday his team exposed small lobsters to tiny amounts of pesticides. Three insecticides killed or damaged the larvae.

"With everything that's going on in the whole cycle, we're not trying to paint anything here as the one factor, but certainly trying to look at how much of a factor it might be," said Fairchild.

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