Hello John and all,
The strange thing about what the EPA is doing is these chemicals work
really well. What the public is left with does not work well. There is
nothing which works as well to replace them with.
The lady at our drugstore told me last week the FDA is pulling many of
the over the counter cold medicenes which work really good and making
you go to a doctor and get a prescription. The brand i was buying is the
only over the counter medicene which will dry up my runny nose when i
get a cold. Hmmm.

John Mitchell posted:

 ORGANOPHOSPHATES: EPA KEEPS REINING THEM IN

This really isn't new news.  The reason given beekeepers was to protect
the environment.  Properly dispose of strips and we won't have a problem
they say.  My instructions say place in a regular plastic trash bag and
put in a land fill.  Hey I can't even put latex paint in my land fill.
If any chemical turns up in honey its use will be gone.  How about the
waiting 6 weeks before supering with Terramycin and only two weeks with
Coumaphous.  Hard to figure about government rules.

 EPA may also review or restrict additional pesticides, including
pyrethrins  (which are based on chrysanthemum extract):
 http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/citizens/neurotoxicdata.htm.

This statement cought my eye.  What are our organic growers going to do?
In their opinion organic and chrysanthemum go hand in hand.

 Check local hardware or garden supply store shelves for diazinon
products  such as Spectracide.

Spectracide I have used many times in years gone past on my small fruit
tree orchard.  Spectracide was the weakest chemical available for the
home orchard.  On the label the fruit could be eaten the next day if
washed.  Ortho and all the others said two weeks.  Spectracide wouldn't
control pests like the other products but according to the label was
less harmful to the person putting on the spray.  I READ all labels.
There are 19 commercial orchards within 30 minutes of my farm and none
would even consider using spectracide because they say its not strong
enough and has to be reapplied after a rain.  Of course they WILL be
able to buy the strong stuff if they buy a special permit.   Average
size of those orchards is 200 acres and they spray about 14-15 times a
year with a pesticide stronger than spectracide. I guess the guy with a
couple fruit trees is out of luck.

As a final note all the banned most dangerous chemicals banned in the
U.S. (eleven I believe from memory including DDT) can be used in Mexico
and less then 1 % of produce is checked comming into the U.S..  Without
the use of some of these organophosphates in the U.S. certain crops will
not be grown.  They will then be grown in Mexico using organophosphates
and shipped to the U.S..  The E.P.A. knows what i am saying is true as
many growers have allready went south of the border.  I believe and
stand to be corrected if incorrect but I believe the EPA is the 4 or 5th
largest branch of government now.
Wouldn't it be great if we really could *legislate all our problems away
like those in Washington seem to think can be done.*
Bob