£80,000 for dip exposure

Robert Shepherd a former farm manager and shepherd of Lancashire College of Agriculture has received £80,000 out-of-court damages for compensation due to ill health caused by OP sheep dip.
    Mr Shepherd had to dip the college's sheep twice a year, and subsequently suffered from tiredness, irritability, loss of concentration, and was unable to do his job.        
    The case adds further evidence to suggest a link between OP exposure and long-term adverse health effects, according to UNISION, the public service union.

Farmers Weekly 6 February 1998.

[This article first appeared in Pesticides News No. 39, March 1998, page 23 ]