04/04/03
PAC PRESS RELEASE Environment
Agency advice on use of WD40 as Bait Aditive The
PAC has contacted the Environment Agency with regard to the use of WD40 as a bait
additive. The E. A. stated that they do
not recommend the use of this substance as a bait additive and class it as a pollutant.
If it was over used on a fishery by several anglers it could have an adverse impact
on the aquatic environment with some fish and invertebrates suffering. In very
small amounts it should not harm fish, but it is impossible to say at this moment
what levels would be damaging. Using WD40
on your baits could leave you liable to prosecution. PAC
recommends that you do not use this or similar oils on your baits, give a thought
for the pike and its environment. | 
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