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<p>Bravo Rick! I could not agree more!</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Richard Johnstone <ivmpartners@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ruth Douglas<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] does Chlorox work on cut stems?</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Ruth,
<div>It is such a disservice to natural resource managers that fear mongering over the word "pesticide" leads ill-informed groups, townships, etc to consider banning pesticide use; and what wise expert decides what constitutes an "emergency"? I have also heard
proposals to use steam to kill weeds, not mentioning that the steam will kill unsuspecting insects, amphibians, birds and other wildlife that happens to be at the receiving end of the boiling water.</div>
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<div>Pesticides that are available for our use have gone through years of testing and research and are licensed by the EPA and State Departments of Agriculture for specific uses and application rates, as noted on their labels - which constitute federal law
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act or FIFRA. Most of the problems we hear in the media are caused by individuals using pesticide products in violation of the label instructions, which is a criminal act; i.e. recent bumble bee kill in
Oregon. An herbicide probably used in your town for broadleaf weed control, 2,4-D, just celebrated its 70th birthday and the sky did not fall. If you want to be concerned about chemicals, take a look at the label warnings on cosmetics and the cleaning products
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<div>I am attending the Trilateral Conference (Canada, US, Mexico) in San Diego, CA as I write this, where I just gave a presentation showing how we are restoring milkweed and other wildflowers to benefit Monarch butterfly, bees, birds, and other pollinators
using herbicides judiciously applied to control invasive plants and problem species. We need to restore millions of acres of prairie habitat in North America over the next few years to insure the survival of Monarchs, native bees and songbirds. Herbicides
are a "tool in the tool box" to allow successful habitat restoration to occur. So to you and others on this list serve, do us all a favor and speak out against unnecessary bans on the use of pesticides, and only use them according to label instructions.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Ruth Douglas <span dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Hello, there is a group locally that wants to ban pesticides in parks except in emergencies. It has been suggested that Chlorox will do the work
of Roundup in painting cut shrub etc. stems, maybe in other situations as well, not sure. Anyone have any comments on this?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks in advance.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p>
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