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AMINOPYRALID CONTAMINATED MANURE
The persistant herbicide aminopyralid has now been withdrawn from sale in the UK but it is likely that contaminated manure will remain in circulation for years to come.
We can analyse manure samples for significant levels of aminopyralid and other pesticides.
We are not aware of any laboratory methods that have been proven to be consistently reliable and there are no threshold limits set for aminopyralid in manure so we take a slightly different approach. We have found that aminopyralid can inhibit healthy plant growth at concentrations several orders of magnitude lower than typical detection limits of conventional laboratory analysis. Our PAS-100 Growing Trial uses a germination test and growth trial of tomatoes (which are particularly susceptible to aminopyralid) grown in the test sample.
- Scientific, accurate, and repeatable test
- Analysis by trained staff in fully certified laboratory
- Indicates the presence of any chemicals inhibiting healthy tomato plant growth
- 35-day sample turnaround
- Demonstrate compliance with PAS-100 guidelines for composted waste
We have compiled a report on the scientific relevance of this test with some background information about the problem. This can be downloaded free of charge HERE
If you would like further information on this test or to book in samples, please email us here. or call on 01322 665669 |