On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 12:37 PM, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This sort facetious exaggeration does not help the discussion.  I
> posted a well-designed lab test just yesterday that demonstrated a
> strong adverse effect of an herbicide upon bee larvae.  The results of
> that test concern me greatly. There were 812,000 lbs of paraquat
> applied in Calif in 2010, as opposed to only 266,000 lbs of
> imidacloprid.


I wonder if you could confirm something about those amounts Randy.  They
come from the California pesticide use document that you posted a link to
previously I think.  Is the amount of imidacloprid only what was sprayed?
Does it include seed treatment (in 2010 I don't think that much
clothianidin had displaced imidacloprid from seed treatment).  What is the
amount of imidacloprid that was applied in Calif. by ALL methods?

Stan

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