Increased Population of Otters
The Environment Agency Science Department 11-year study has found that otter populations are healthy and continue to expand across England and Wales. One factor behind this recovery may be decreasing levels of organochlorine chemicals (OCs), such as the insecticides dieldrin and aldrin, in the environment. These pesticides have been progressively withdrawn from use from 1962 and were banned in 1989.
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