- Title: Close To Home - Poison Dip
- Date: 18th March 1993
- Summary: FARMERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS THAT ORGANO- PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS IN THE SHEEP DIP WHICH THEY USE ARE CAUSING THEM HEALTH PROBLEMS. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHEMICAL COMPANIES, WHO MANUFACTURE THE DIP, REJECT THIS CLAIM. THEY BELIEVE THE DIPS ARE PERFECTLY SAFE AND ACCUSE THE FARMERS OF BEING CARELESS AND NEGLIGENT WHILE DIPPING. CLOSE TO HOME HAS PRODUCED NEW MEDICAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE FARMING COMMUNITY MAY INDEED BE AT RISK FROM USING THESE DIPS.
- Description:BLOOD TESTING OF TWENTY SUSPECTED SUFFERERS OF ORGANO PHOSPHATE POISONING AND TWENTY CONTROLS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY DR JAMAL IN GLASGOW AND PROFESSOR PETER BLAINE IN NEWCASTLE
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:BARONY FILM AND TV PRODUCTIONS
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:18/03/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s