<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>I see that this ban does not apply to farmers. <div class="">- Kirsten<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 21, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Maryland to ban consumer neonicotinoid use<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The ban will go into effect on Jan. 1 after a related bill becomes law.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.gardencentermag.com/Form/1/GC/subscribe/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); text-transform: uppercase; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 4pt;" class="">SUBSCRIBE</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">June 8, 2016<br class=""><a href="http://www.gardencentermag.com/author/998" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Bloomberg</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><a href="http://www.gardencentermag.com/news/category/Legislation" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Legislation</a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><a href="http://www.gardencentermag.com/news/category/Supplier-News" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Supplier News</a></span> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><a href="http://www.gardencentermag.com/news/category/Trends" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Trends</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From <a href="http://www.bna.com/maryland-first-state-n57982073298/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(86, 140, 68);" class="">Bloomberg BNA</span></a>: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">A state ban on consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides is slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2018, after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced that he will allow S.B. 198/H.B. 211 to become law without his signature.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The legislation, which includes exceptions for certified applicators, farmers and veterinarians, makes Maryland the first state to adopt such a ban on consumer use, according to a coalition of environmental organizations operating as Smart on Pesticides Maryland.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The measure was prompted by concerns that neonicotinoid pesticides contribute to mortality of pollinators such as bees, birds and butterflies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Read the rest of this article <a href="http://www.bna.com/maryland-first-state-n57982073298/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(86, 140, 68);" class="">here</span></a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ruth Douglas [<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:33 PM<br class="">To: 'Marc Imlay' <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>>; 'Richard Gardner' <<a href="mailto:rtgardner3@yahoo.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rtgardner3@yahoo.com</a>>; 'MAIPC Listserve' <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br class="">Subject: RE: [MAIPC] Dinotefuran?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Marc, I am curious to know what you mean when you say MD “legislatively greatly reduced the use of neonics to the few cases where it made sense.” Does that mean that the MD legislature actually passed a bill restricting the use of neonics? If so, please supply a link to that. I’m in Virginia, by the way. And any hints for how you all successfully did that would also be appreciated.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Ruth Douglas <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Invasive Plant Educator, VNPS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] On Behalf Of Marc Imlay<br class="">Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00 PM<br class="">To: 'Richard Gardner'; 'MAIPC Listserve'<br class="">Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Dinotefuran?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks Tom. Yes let us only used if necessary. In MD we legislatively greatly reduced the use of neonicotinoids to the few cases where it made sense.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Marc<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From: MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] On Behalf Of Richard Gardner<br class="">Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 11:26 AM<br class="">To: MAIPC Listserve <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br class="">Subject: [MAIPC] Dinotefuran?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Thoughts about Dinotefuran? Apparently it may be the pesticide used against the spotted lanternfly. It is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid" target="_blank" title="Neonicotinoid" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128);" class="">neonicotinoid</span></a>.</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> Richard Gardner<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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