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Stop Consumer-Use Clopyralid

From: Lucy Owsley <goodows AT infinet.com>
To: "CSA-L AT prairienet.org" <CSA-L AT prairienet.org>, Farm-City Education <farm-cityeducation AT yahoogroups.com>, "Oeffadirect AT oeffa.com" <Oeffadirect AT oeffa.com>, Organic Market Garden <OrganicMarketGarden AT yahoogroups.com>, Organic_Gardening <Organic_Gardening AT yahoogroups.com>, "Farming, Market" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>, OGII AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Stop Consumer-Use Clopyralid
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:34:19 -0500

I found the following on the organic gardening.com forum.

Clopyralid herbicide, currently available for commercial use, is toxic
to legumes (peas, beans, etc.) and nightshades (tomatoes, eggplants,
peppers) even after 2 yrs. of aggressive composting and animal
consumption, at as low as 5 parts per billion. For more details, see
www.seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/53843_lovejoy10.shtml

Dow Agrosciences plans to introduce a CONSUMER line of clopyralid
products! Help stop its impact!

The compost industry in WA state is being wracked by contamination from
this toxin. If it is disseminated among (non-organic) home gardeners,
ALL muni. and commercial greenwaste composting will be in danger!

Please, write the buyers for your local nurseries and garden centers and
ask them to refuse to stock clopyralid products! Current commercial
appl. names are Confront, Curtail, and Stinger. To write Dow: Dow
Agrosciences, LLC9330, Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268.

Lucy Goodman-Owsley
Boulder Belt Organics
New Paris, OH
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Stop Consumer-Use Clopyralid, Lucy Owsley, 01/25/2002