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  • From: Liz <liz@allslash.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:47:42 -0400

At 03:43 PM 6/29/2008, you wrote:

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Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/food.agriculture?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

The New York state's Bureau of Pesticides Management refused to approve the two preparations of this chemical, Milestone and ForeFront (the one used in the UK) until Dow provided them with additional information, because they were not able to confirm Dow's findings about the half-life of the chemical in aerobic systems. Here's a portion of their report ( http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/herb-growthreg/24-d-butylate/aminopyralid/aminopyr_wth_0207.pdf ):
While the response submitted by Dow AgroSciences, LLC, was informative, the Department could not ignore the inadequacy of the original aerobic metabolism study. Therefore the Department could not ensure that the labeled use of aminopyralid would not negatively impact groundwater resources in sensitive areas of New York State.
As a result, Dow withdrew its application for approval in New York (rather than provide adequate testing). That suggests to me that they knew there was a problem with aerobic metabolism. I wonder how many other states just rubber-stamped Dow's application based on the test results it provided, and didn't do a good job of testing it themselves. Most of them, probably.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com


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