Many thousands of consumers in the Peterhead area have been drinking water containing excess levels of metaldehyde, a hazardous chemical compound widely used by farmers to kill slugs.
Drinking water in the northeast of Scotland has been contaminated by a toxic pesticide in breach of safety limits, the Sunday Herald can reveal.
Many thousands of consumers in the Peterhead area have been drinking water containing excess levels of metaldehyde, a hazardous chemical compound widely used by farmers to kill slugs.