To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] More Ferbam Info
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:48:17 -0400
Barbara:
The substance that caused deterioration of my sprayer seals was neem oil, not
Ferbam. Ferbam had no visible effect on my rubber parts, though I did no
special rinsing. This is how rumors and misinformation gets started.
I am no anti-government zealot, but when the regulatory process for "re-registering" an
insecticide or fungicide is so painful and expensive that it results in the withdrawal from the
market of an effective fungicide with so few drawbacks, I can do without that kind of government
"help". I feel the same way about Imidan. EPA assumes the average citizen is not to
be trusted with things they don't like.