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This site is designed to
educate about the overuse and misuse of pesticides primarily for gypsy
moth. If you are new to the site, read our
introduction page here to get some quick information and get
oriented.
Washington Tree Service, under state
supervision, sprays Crown Hill
organic garden as media looks on.
See our HEADLINERS
for
hot topics.
Read
our Blog (over 5
years worth!) for
current and historical information.
Click here to get a
shopper's guide to pesticides in produce. Find out which fruits and
vegetables have the most and the least pesticide residues. Take the
wallet-sized guide with you to the store.
GO
HERE to find out what you
can do about Foray 48B spraying, and how to protect your family.
Items of Interest
Watch
New Zealand television news
low bandwidth or
high bandwidth video about a scientist's assertions that Foray 48B
has not been tested enough to be declared safe.
- Apple
Moth invades California!
Will the response be as devastating as in New Zealand? California
will primarily use mating disruption biochemical spray (with an unknown
long-term safety record), not Foray 48B. But other
pesticides will also be used to spray almost 700 square miles
(including most of San Francisco,
Monterey, Santa Cruz,
and other cities) in mid-August 2008. Agricultural
agencies, as usual, are thinking more about protecting crops than
people, and politicians are sidestepping the issue. Go to CASS to find out the latest.
- New
Zealand government report states
Foray 48B spraying not proven
safe, and exposure may harm people in spray zone.
- The
People's Inquiry into Foray
48B Spraying in New Zealand released;
reports on the effects of aerial spraying are sobering.
- Canadians
try Dipel instead of Foray 48B with some misconception it is
"safer."
- Report
from NZ Health
Ministry Expresses Caution Over Btk Use Summary
here.
- USDA says mating disruption OK, so why
can't we
use it here?
- How
could we say Bt
is unsafe? Get some quick
facts.
- Want
to know what's
really in Foray 48B or Foray 48XG? Look
here!
- See
the latest Foray
48B labels...
- Foray
48XG? What's
this?
- Can
Bt survive in humans? Check
it out!
- WEST
NILE VIRUS
IS COMING. But why should you
care? See
this letter in High Country News.And then, read
all about it.
- A
Famous Entomologist Says Don't Spray!
- Rick
Poulin on Legal Issues
MAJOR
WASHINGTON GYPSY MOTH CATCHES for 2008
Ft. Lewis (Pierce Co.) 3
Wauna
0
Kent
2
No
Asian GM catches, and no spraying scheduled for 2009
MAJOR
WASHINGTON GYPSY MOTH CATCHES for 2007
Wauna (Tacoma)
9 See
Map...
Kent
5
Birch
Bay (Whatcom) 3
Maple Leaf (Seattle)
1 See
Map...
Marysville
1
Sequim
1
Totem Lake
1
Minterwood (Pierce)
1
MAJOR
WASHINGTON GYPSY MOTH CATCHES for 2006
Crown
Hill
(Seattle) NONE! Gypsy moths
"disappeared?" Details...
Kent Commons(Kent)
42
Olympia
6
Federal Way
4
Bangor
3
"Never
doubt that
a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever has."-- Margaret Mead --
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a community without a newspaper or journal of some kind."-- Gandhi --
How
to contribute...
JGI
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