Dow Chemical Asks Trump to Ignore Pesticide Study

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  1. Sallyally

    Sallyally Well-Known Member Donor

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    Agree absolutely. Organophosphates are toxic to bees.
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 2014;231:219-65. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-03865-0_7.
    Risk to pollinators from the use of chlorpyrifos in the United States.
    Cutler GC1, Purdy J, Giesy JP, Solomon KR.
    Every year Australia exports millions of bees to the US because of organophosphate use in agriculture which leads to the death of US bees. You know where we are without bees? Up the creek.
     
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    And you consider this acceptable?
     
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    Humans evolved eating poisons every day.
     
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    Humans die eating posions every day.
     
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    Also, I would add, how much of this insecticide remains on consumed produce? What is it's effective life? Is it systemic, is it a surficant? Lots and lots of questions that have not been addressed before declaring this dangerous.
     
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    Humans die breathing air every day, humans die drinking water every day.
     
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    How many ?? Name a few.
    Reminds me of Alar - what a fiasco that was. But the banning of DDT was actually tragic - and estimated 30 million needless deaths.
     
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    If y'all want to eat poison go right ahead. But don't think that the possible environmental damage will not cause problems in the future. Besides, there are already products on the market that will do the job.
     
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    Cavemen ate poison every day.
     
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    All the cavemen are dead. Looks like nature wins
     
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    Good bee link, SallyAlly. The EPA has the following on their website.

    To address health and environmental risks from chlorpyrifos exposure, the following restrictions have been placed on pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos:

    • In June 2000, we eliminated all homeowner uses, except ant and roach baits in child resistant packaging and fire ant mound treatments. In addition, termiticide uses were phased out.
    • In 2000, we required that all uses of chlorpyrifos products in the U.S. be discontinued on tomatoes. Use on apples was restricted to pre-bloom and dormant application. The grape tolerance (maximum residue level) was lowered to reflect the labeled dormant application.
    • In 2002, we limited the use of chlorpyrifos on citrus and tree nuts as well other crops.
    • In 2012, we further limited the use of chlorpyrifos by significantly lowering pesticide application rates and creating “no-spray” buffer zones around public spaces, including recreational areas and homes.
    https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/chlorpyrifos
     
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    No pesticides, no herbicides, and no commercial fertilizers. IMG_20170429_172310757.jpg IMG_20170429_172256980.jpg IMG_20170429_172310757.jpg
     
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    Beautiful garden! I had a 2000 sq. foot organic garden at a previous residence. I love gardening. We're finishing our house build, and after that, I plan on gardening again! We've been spreading chicken manure in the bed for the last 2 years, and the soil is looking amazing!
     
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    That soil should be ready to go. I have chickens and compost the manure now and then. But in a hurry I just spread it on my goat pasture. I use a lot of goat poop on my garden. I have just switched to deep mulch gardening...so far...so good. I get pine straw mulch out back for free.
     
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