Cross-party support from MPs for inquiry into sheep dip poisoning

MPs and peers support call for inquiry and parliamentary debate after new documents reveal government knew of health risk of mandatory chemical dip – as legal experts say compensation may be due

A former environment minister and more than a dozen MPs from across the political spectrum have backed calls for an inquiry and parliamentary debate into whether farmers were misled over the use of a dangerous chemical.

At least 500 farmers across the UK were left with debilitating health problems after using organophosphate-based (OP) chemicals to protect their sheep against parasites, under the government’s compulsory dipping programme which ran up until 1992.

Related: Revealed: government knew of farm poisoning risk but failed to act

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