In a win for wildlife advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill expanding a previous moratorium on rat poison.
, places a moratorium on diphacinone, a first-generation anticoagulant rat poison. First-generation poisons are those developed before 1970 and include diphacinone, chlorpophacinone and warfarin, according to the
“These poisons are now being studied and these poisons are showing up in animals,” said Kian Schulman, of Poison Free Malibu, a nonprofit aimed at protecting wildlife, children and pets by educating people about pesticides.Diphacinone is used to kill “target animals” like rats or squirrels, but it stays in the food chain, causing great suffering and death, she said.
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