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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, such as the potential for massive spraying in 2013.
Does Mass Trapping (a safer method) work
to eradicate gypsy moths? Washington
State Department
of Agriculture misses another
opportunity to find out, relies on
pesticides again in Puyallup.
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.
Get Educated! Watch these
short videos:
Items of Interest
- New
research is emerging showing that
the toxin
produced by the Bt organism (the active
ingredient in sprays such as
Foray 48B) do not completely break down in
the human gut, as industry
has always claimed.
- Richmond,
BC,
Canada is in the sights of the
Ministry of Forests and Range. An
806 hectare section in the center of
Richmond will be aerially sprayed
with Foray 48B. See
our
blog here.
- 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 (As of
early 2011, San Francisco
has avoided spraying by
use of concerted legal and
public protests).
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
WASHINGTON STATE GYPSY MOTH
CATCHES for 2010-2012
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This map shows the location of all gypsy moth catches (all were the European
variety) by the WSDA. Pheromone attractant traps were used.
A dot in the center of the icon signifies more than one moth was found at
that location for that year. Click on the icon to see how many
were trapped.
Spraying guidelines: in general, moths trapped in one locale over a
period of 3 years will trigger pesticide spraying. The time to spraying may be
shortened if many moths are found, or other lifestages are located. A single
Asian gypsy moth detection will trigger an aerial spraying over a square mile
area.
2013: There could be spraying in
the area of the Starfire Soccer Complex in Tukwila. The spray will
likely have adverse effects as it drifts into the adjacent Green River
and the Black River Riparian Forest.
Asian gypsy moth egg masses were found at the Port of Tacoma on a ship (indicated on the map). This may prompt a one square mile aerial spraying of the Port, either summarily this year, or in 2014. Stay tuned...
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 PAST YEARS' SPRAYING AND TRAPPING
No spraying happened in Washington for 2012. Some "infestations" died out naturally or were trapped out of existence.
The area adjacent
to the South Hill Mall in Puyallup
was sprayed again in 2011.
The WSDA's first treatment of this
area in 2010 failed. This is
somewhat common with Btk (Foray
48) pesticides. A mass-trapping
grid (designed to trap as many
male moths as possible before they
can locate a mate) was deployed.
By spraying this area this year,
there will be no data to indicate
whether mass trapping (a much
safer strategy) worked or not.
WSDA will likely claim, if the
infestation is wiped out, that the
spraying or the combination was
what was effective, not the mass
trapping alone.
Mass trapping has worked in
Washington State - for example,
the 2005 Crown Hill (Seattle)
infestation appeared to have been
eradicated with mass trapping.
MAJOR
WASHINGTON GYPSY MOTH
CATCHES for 2010
Renton
(Near
Seward
Park)
1
Renton
(Near
Seward
Park)
1
Marysville
(Snohomish Co.) 2
Belfair
(Mason Co.)
2 Sunset
Beach. In danger of
spraying in 2012
Puyallup
7 Near
SR 512 and 94th Ave. E.
Fife
1
Ft.
Lewis
0 Died out
naturally,
or all were trapped.
Midland
(Pierce
Co.)
0 Died out
naturally, or all were
trapped.
Kent
0
No
Asian
GM
catches,
and
no
spraying
scheduled
for
2011
MAJOR
WASHINGTON GYPSY MOTH CATCHES
for 2009
Midland
(Pierce
Co.)
7
Sunset
Beach (Mason Co.) 5
Everett
(Snohomish
Co.)
2
Ft.
Lewis
(Pierce Co.) 0
Kent
0
No
Asian
GM
catches,
and
no
spraying
scheduled
for
2010
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 --
"One cannot unite
a community without a newspaper or
journal of some kind."-- Gandhi --
How
to
contribute...
JGI
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