Environment Minister Bill Marmion has conceded the Liberal Party has no plans to ban water soluble fertilisers entering the Swan and Canning Rivers despite their role in causing algal blooms.
Despite most of those nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphorous – key drivers of toxic algal blooms) coming from water soluble fertilisers used by agriculture in the Swan’s catchment, Mr Marmion acknowledged there were no plans to forbid them.
Read article
No comments:
Post a Comment