The reported dead sea slugs or “dairo” is a worry.
On various occasions, I have raised my voice on the indiscriminate usage of weedicides and pesticides by our own Nadi International Airport authorities, amongst many others.
Grass growing on by the curb, along fences, footpaths and open drains are regularly sprayed with harmful weedicides and pesticides.
They eventually find their winding ways to food chains. Have I erred? If so, please accept my public apologies, well in advance.
Some serious and immediate investigation by our universities to determine, beyond doubt, is an absolute necessity.
The Department of Occupational Health and Safety must also be seen to be actively engaged.
In the late 1950s to 1970s, both Wailoaloa and Newtown beaches had an abundance of shellfish and seaweeds. They have all disappeared.
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