At 04:23 PM 2/11/2008, you wrote:
>Bill ( or another member with a high speed hook up) can you find and post
>why the U.K. has banned temik? 


Do a search on aldicarb (Temik contains aldicarb) and you'll find more information.

It appears that is was responsible for several cases of poisoning from residue in the US and Ireland (in watermelons and cucumbers respectively), and was found at inacceptable levels in several crops. 
UK reduced the maximum residue level that was acceptable which required it being banned on crops that exceeded this level. 


UK Info on the ban: http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/food_safety.asp?id=2065

Information From: http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/pesticides_our_food.pdf  :

Aldicarb is a carbamate pesticide which acts as a nerve poison by disrupting nerve impulses. It is classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “extremely hazardous”. It has been banned in Sweden, and the Netherlands has banned it from use in all catchment areas for drinking water supplyviii. At least 30 people were poisoned in Ireland in 1992 after eating cucumbers contaminated with aldicarbix. 
Aldicarb is used to kill insects and nematodes on crops. It is applied to the soil, but is taken up by the plant roots and circulated around the whole plant, so peeling does not make much difference to residue levels. Although usage of aldicarb in the UK has declined since the early 1980s, it is still widely used on potatoes, and is also used on carrots and parsnips. 
Since 1998 residues of aldicarb have been found in both new and main crop potatoes and carrots from the UK and overseas. Three per cent of potatoes sampled from 1998 to 2001 contained residues of aldicarbx. In a special survey in 1999xi, sampling 1000 individual potatoes, the level of residues varied between potatoes by up to twelve times. The levels in some samples exceeded the MRL, with a sample of microwaved potatoes containing such a high level that they exceeded the safety standard for toddlers and infants (the Acute Reference Dose). They had a high enough level to cause immediate health effects in young children eating them. 
Aldicarb is a broad spectrum insecticide, so it kills beneficial insects as well as pests. It is dangerous to game, wild birds and animals, fish and other aquatic lifexii. It has been estimated that one granule of aldicarb product may be enough to kill a small birdxiii  

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