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Thank You for the Alert, Vic: (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
I've signed the petition.
One of the great problems with our American form of government is that the "checks and balances" of the system, designed to protect the people in governance process, have been bent to protect corporations and other big business. Should a genuine help to American Citizen become law, like the EPA, Clean Air, Clean Water acts, etc, the task of business is then to count to four or whatever is a majority on the oversight boards. That is how we are all being poisoned for excess profits.
Keep up the good work.
Alex
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Aug 28 '09
10:49 am PDT
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Re: Eat Local! (Reply to this comment)
by vicfar
Pamela,
Methyl iodide is an indiscriminate poison which will kill anything living that's in the soil, including useful life forms.
I think it is unique among pesticides in that it endangers mostly the people who apply it in the fields and whomever is (or lives) in the vicinity. Its low boiling point reduces the chances of the produce being still contaminated when it reaches the consumer.
We are discouraged from using it even on a small scale in a well-ventilated fumehood....it is mind-boggling to think that someone will be spraying tons of it in an open field.
I also eat local produce, although Belgium does not produce a huge variety of stuff.
Cheers
Vic
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Aug 28 '09
7:28 am PDT
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Re: Get the word out! (Reply to this comment)
by vicfar
Reuben,
thanks for the comment.
Vic
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Aug 28 '09
7:20 am PDT
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Eat Local! (Reply to this comment)
by thedragonweyr
Thank you for this Vic, it is appalling to me that we are willing to destroy our food simply for profit. I won't rant as it would be simply preaching to the choir, but it looks like this is just another attempt to turn a natural process into a regulated, mechanical one, ultimately hazardous to life.
Is this a broad spectrum pesticide or does it target specific critters? We use no pesticides and very few herbicides on our farm and consequently have very healthy plants and animals. We also do not eat what we do not grow.
I applaud the removal of bromine from the food chain but would prefer it be replaced with something that is not going to kill us in a different way!
On the east coast, some farmers use biosolids on their pastures and hayfields. This could be easily misconstrued as a good thing, using manure to fertilize instead of petrochemical-derived fertilizers. However, the biosolids in question come from the New York metropolitan area and are full of drug residue, viruses, bacteria, hormones, and the usual array of heavy metals normally found in the waste of animals at the top of the food chain. This is yet another gift from our ever so benevolent EPA.
Pamela
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Aug 28 '09
3:51 am PDT
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Get the word out! (Reply to this comment)
by rgathright
Great work here.
I will post some links to this article for you tomorrow. I encourage other readers to Twitter this review.
~Reuben
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Aug 27 '09
4:38 pm PDT
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