Mystery AtlasHollinwell Pesticide Drift Theory
A minority theory, favoured by many families affected at Hollinwell, that drift from tridemorph, a fungicide sold as Calixin and sprayed on farmland bordering the showground in the days before the event, caused the symptoms; supported by confirmed local spraying and tridemorph's later reclassification as moderately hazardous, but challenged by contemporary wind-direction assessments and the absence of a positive toxicology finding in 1980.
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Theories & Explanations
Hollinwell Pesticide Drift Theory contradicts Hollinwell Mass Psychogenic Illness Explanation — The two theories offer mutually exclusive accounts of the same collapses; the official 1980 report favoured the psychogenic reading, but many affected families still favour the pesticide account, and neither has been conclusively proven or disproven.
Events
- Hollinwell Incident13 July 1980
Hollinwell Pesticide Drift Theory attempts to explain Hollinwell Incident.