Warnings over land sprayed with toxin

Letter: People are being urged to leave their cars at home and jump on a shuttle bus to visit beauty spots, such as the Long mynd and Stiperstones (Star, August 19) only to find these places sprayed with toxic chemicals with notices warning them not to eat the whinberries (blueberries) that grow there.

Many people, including my family, have visited the area to pick the berries over the years and now may have eaten sprayed whinberries before seeing the notices.

What crass morons decided to poison the whole area during holiday and tourist season, thus endangering the health of visitors, with a bracken herbicide called Asulox, that requires those using it to wear special breathing gear, protective clothing, gloves and visors?

There are other methods of controlling bracken, such as the use of Soay sheep, that eradicate it, or cutting the weed without the use of toxins sprayed over land open to public access.

Remember what "Yellow Rain" (Dioxin) did to people in Vietnam, and to the unborn babies of those who sprayed it on the jungles?

The warnings on Asulox are very strong, yet they spray it on public access land and edible berries growing there. Will these idiots never learn about peoples' safety?

W F Kerswell

Picklescott