http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/epa-to-review-imidacloprid/ Organic Lawn Care Articles Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:58:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/epa-to-review-imidacloprid/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Karen Hare Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:39:16 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/epa-to-review-imidacloprid/#comment-199 I appreciate the taxing efforts to encourage a ban on neonicotenic pesticides due to their extremely toxic effects on bees. I would also encourage an extension of the concern to the issue of urban farming as communities are encouraged to grow locally, in community gardens and back yards. When an individual or community would like to grow their own "organic" or at least "near organic" food in their yard, nothing protects them from drift from landscape pestide application. The law states in Colorado that a pesticide applicator cannot contaminate "food", but the enforcement of this is nil and the ability to prevent it is impossible. Say you want to have berry bushes and other plants requiring bees, but the neighbors inject imidicloprid into their elm trees. You have lost your bees and your food. AND, if you are chemically sensitive, you get sick. This is an incredible issue that must be addressed. I could go on and on... If there is work I can do to help in this mission, please let me know. Thank you, Karen I appreciate the taxing efforts to encourage a ban on neonicotenic pesticides due to their extremely toxic effects on bees. I would also encourage an extension of the concern to the issue of urban farming as communities are encouraged to grow locally, in community gardens and back yards. When an individual or community would like to grow their own “organic” or at least “near organic” food in their yard, nothing protects them from drift from landscape pestide application. The law states in Colorado that a pesticide applicator cannot contaminate “food”, but the enforcement of this is nil and the ability to prevent it is impossible. Say you want to have berry bushes and other plants requiring bees, but the neighbors inject imidicloprid into their elm trees. You have lost your bees and your food. AND, if you are chemically sensitive, you get sick. This is an incredible issue that must be addressed. I could go on and on…
If there is work I can do to help in this mission, please let me know.
Thank you,
Karen

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