Harm from 1080 poison
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From: Kay
Dear Environmental Protection Authority,
Can you please provide the answers to the below:
One. Where New Zealand is currently sourcing technical grade sodium fluoroacetate following the fire at Tull Chemical Company in Oxford Alabama in October 2024 and whether there have been any supply disruptions to the 1080 programme as a result?
Two. Whether Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research or any other accredited laboratory tests for 1080 breakdown products including fluorocitrate in water samples collected following aerial 1080 operations and if not why not?
Three. The basis for the provisional Maximum Acceptable Value of 3.5 micrograms per litre for 1080 in New Zealand drinking water including what toxicological studies or international guidance it was derived from?
Four. Whether there is any systematic monitoring of 1080 in private bore water in areas subject to repeated 1080 operations over time and if not what the rationale is for excluding private bores from the monitoring programme?
Five. A copy of any review of the 1080 drinking water MAV that has been conducted since it was set and whether any review is planned in light of the absence of a WHO guideline value.
Yours faithfully,
Kay Robson-Thomas
From: Jean McDowall
Environmental Protection Authority
Kia ora Kay
I acknowledge your request of 13 May 2026 for information regarding sodium
fluoroacetate.
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Nga mihi
Jean McDowall
Senior Advisor, Official Correspondence
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