>  We will lose 12% of our natural hardwoods over the next 20 years here
>in our county because of the Emerald Ash Borer.
>
>As far as anyone knows it was brought here, from Asia, to Canada, and
>then to the United States via LEGAL trade. THe theory is that it came
>over via cargo skids used to transport legally traded goods.


Well, yes. The goods were legally imported. Trouble is with the 
skids. They were illegal. It's illegal to use skids made from green 
wood to transport goods into this country.

Let see...Honey, royal jelly, prawns and salmon with chloramphenicol, 
pet food and baby formula with melamine, toothpaste with ethylene 
glycol, toys with high lead content, and pallets made from green wood 
containing Emerald Ash Borers and Asian Long Horned Beetles.

And I just wanna buy a pair of boots made in the US.
Mike 

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