Comments on: Pesticide Industry Unnerved by A Chemical Reaction

By: Carolyn Spector Gillis

Carolyn Spector Gillis — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:59:55 +0000

This is the sound of industries dying.

By: Carolyn Spector Gillis

Carolyn Spector Gillis — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:00:35 +0000

We can overcome these groups by all standing firmly and NOT being intimidated by their harassment.I did this already with the Pesticide groups…it can be done. We are all behind you if you stand up..they try to shame you into stopping but they are mostly a bunch of well funded old people with OCD.

By: Scott Reil

Scott Reil — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:21:23 +0000

Guys like that are our best advertising. Look at the example of what Chemlawn/Spratech did to make the pesticides conversation nationwide, and look at what has happened in Canada because of that… and can ANYONE take this seriously?

Scream louder, rant longer, beat the drum, Bill…

I don’t like the lyrics much, but I can dance to it…

By: JohnG

JohnG — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:10:50 +0000

This guy, Gathercole, has been defending the chemical industry in the newspapers for years. Day by day, inch by inch, he’s losing his marbles a bit more. Don’t pay him any mind. Even the chemical industry doesn’t want to associate with his sexist rants.

By: Alyssa Owens

Alyssa Owens — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:23:57 +0000

Sadly, there are people out there who will listen to the ranting and raving; the best we can do is educate and in a peaceful fashion. I really want to see big television ads for organic lawn care products (perhaps Home Depot will help with this?)The faces on the commercials should be of the many people who converted to the alternative, safer lawn care methods. And, they should say WHY they no longer use the lawn chemicals… Of course, they will need to be nameless faces but this might help. It would be best to broadcast these ads during baseball and football season!

By: K. B.

K. B. — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:21:57 +0000

I’m on this guy’s(Gathercole) email list. His rants and accusations border on the hysterical and the format of his SPAMS…I mean newsletters, is so amatuer and headache inducing that hopefully he is his own worse enemy.

It’s hard to take any of his babble seriously when he is calling The Canadian Cancer Society (and ANY opponent to lawn chemicals) “enviro-terrorists.

If he’s the best the chemical industry has to defend them, bring it on.