date:Apr 14, 2014
The stone fruit industry has for years used the chemical Fenthion to keep fruit fly at bay. The pesticide was banned by the Federal Government last year after a study found it was a potential health hazard.
The Opposition's Ken Travers said the decision had left the industry in crisis and that the State Government should be looking at other measures. They have had their main weapon against fruit fly removed from them as a result of bans on the chemical Fenthion, he said. What they now need from