Anticoagulant rodenticides and wildlife: introduction

van den Brink, Nico W.; Elliott, John E.; Shore, Richard F.; Rattner, Barnett A.. 2018 Anticoagulant rodenticides and wildlife: introduction. In: van den Brink, Nico W.; Elliott, John E.; Shore, Richard F.; Rattner, Barnett A., (eds.) Anticoagulant rodenticides and wildlife. Cham, Springer International Publishing, 1-9. (Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology: Principles, Approaches and Perspectives, 5).

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64377-9_1

Abstract/Summary

Rodents have interacted with people since the beginning of systematic food storage by humans in the early Neolithic era. Such interactions have had adverse outcomes such as threats to human health, spoiling and consumption of food sources, damage to human infrastructure and detrimental effects on indigenous island wildlife (through inadvertent anthropogenic assisted introductions). These socio/economic and environmental impacts illustrate the clear need to control populations of commensal rodents. Different methods have been applied historically but the main means of control in the last decades is through the application of rodenticides, mainly anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) that inhibit blood clotting. The so-called First Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (FGARs) proved highly effective but rodents increasingly developed resistance. This led to a demand for more effective alternative compounds and paved the way to the development of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). These were more acutely toxic and persistent, making them more effective but also increasing the risks of exposure of non-target species and secondary poisoning of predatory species. SGARs often fail the environmental thresholds of different regulatory frameworks because of these negative side-effects, but their use is still permitted because of the overwhelming societal needs for rodent control and the lack of effective alternatives. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the scientific advancements in assessment of environmental exposure, effects and risks of currently used ARs. This is discussed in relation to the societal needs for rodent control, including risk mitigation and development of alternatives.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64377-9_1
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Pollution (Science Area 2017-)
ISBN:	9783319643755
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	19 Mar 2018 12:44 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519523

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64377-9_1

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Pollution (Science Area 2017-)

ISBN:

9783319643755

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

19 Mar 2018 12:44 +0 (UTC)