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Slug-killing pellets blamed for Scottish water contamination

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.