 chara says: A US government project indicates that the border patrol is going to test three methods to rid the riverbank of carrizo cane. Members of the Laredo city council, in Mexico, have raised concerns and called on president Felipe Calderon to intervene. Mexican officials are worried that the herbicide imazapyr could threaten the Nuevo Laredo water supply. US border patrol and Environmental Protection Agency officials say the herbicide planned for the test is safe for animals. The programme is intended to keep border patrol agents safe and make their jobs easier. Imazapyr was registered in the US in 1984. The EPA concluded after tests that "there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to the general population, and to infants and children from aggregate exposure to imazapyr residues". Jay Johnson-Castro Sr, executive director of the Rio Grande International Study, said he has no issue with removing the cane, just the method. The EPA concluded after tests that "there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to the general population, and to infants and children from aggregate exposure to imazapyr residues". Reasonable certainty ??? Sounds pretty weak to me. I think when the general public hears about this there will be a very negative response. The environmentalists will have a field day. "herbicides" poison the ground & water. there are too many examples to quote so i chose 1.... Home-grown veg ruined by toxic herbicide Gardeners across Britain are reaping a bitter harvest of rotten potatoes, withered salads and deformed tomatoes after an industrial herbicide tainted their soil. Caroline Davies reports on how the food chain became contaminated and talks to the angry allotment owners whose plots have been destroyed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth /2008/jun/29/mutantvegetableswhostoblam this may be the better link http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/food.agriculture xc Good story there too. Again we're talking about the same large chemical companies continually putting people and animals at risk to make a profit. After 8 years of continual deregulation by the United States, we need more than ever to create special tasks forces to address the abundance of problems that deregulation has caused. Hopefully we now have a president who isn't afraid to put people before big business. In the meantime, other countries should be taking the same steps with the realization that the United States has done nothing to protect their own citizens. This goes beyond chemicals used in pesticides. All chemicals, including those produced by drug companies, are potentially harmf... |
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