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Hi All Again,
Strange fate indeed when some fret about depletion of Ca in woodland =
, where trees can absorb year round, but imagine annual arable crops, =
which must absorb everything in few months, can be extracted forever =
without replacement of nutrients.
The key in all things is moderation and common sense. And if manure =
is available all the better. We used to farm 20-30 acres with manure, =
recycled from meadow hay, and 2-3 bags of fertilizer for special needs. =
So we were mostly organic but not too pig-headed to buy fertilizer with =
added B when the turnips failed to do well etc. The term organic farming =
was unknown, at least to us, manure was free and mineral fertilizer was =
not free so we used it sparingly; not because it was against our =
religion but because not using it saved scarce money. =20
For years as a kid we had a very prolific "Organic" Rhubarb patch; =
smothered each fall with about 8" of fresh horse manure held in place by =
posts and boards over winter. By the following fall, after removal of =
the boards in spring, the action of weather and hens had worn it out to =
ground level. This provided hen feed, weed control and excellent =
Rhubarb.
Yt, DW
----- Original Message -----=20
From: David Patriquin=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide... GMO =
crops and loss of weedy species -Chemical fertilizer
=E2=80=9CChemical fertilizer is like heroin..." sounds familiar.=20
In a text published in 1897, Issac Roberts provides many pieces of =
caution about use of fertilizers and noted " ...the effect of =
fertilizers was likened to the effect of alcohol on the confirmed toper; =
but to stop meant collapse and to go on implied constantly increased =
use."=20
The Fertility of the Land. Roberts, I.P. The MacMillan Co. 1897.
In the early 1900s, Albert Howard observed that the new "artificials" =
caused increased disease in crops and livestock and began to define the =
alternative approaches of organic agriculture. Interestingly, writers in =
the 1940s expressed great optimism that the chemical era was about to =
end but as we know today it was just getting geared up....
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From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide... GMO =
crops and loss of weedy species
I remember hearing a rice farmer in Northeast Thailand make a similar =
comment about inorganic fertilizer.
Literal translation:
=E2=80=9CChemical fertilizer is like heroin. When you start, you =
cannot stop and have to use more and more.=E2=80=9D=20
This is an area with horrendously lousy soil, including =
super--horrendously low organic content. =20
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Patriquin
Sent: February 4, 2016 11:09 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide... GMO =
crops and loss of weedy species
The weeds close to the crop are only problematical if you dont start =
with a clean seedbed and/or heavily fertilize the seedbed before =
planting the crop, which favours the weeds. Start with a clean seedbed =
and postpone fertilization, and ...OK
it's a treadmill. You start using herbicides and then you breed crops =
that are not competitive with weeds.. so yes those crops are very =
difficult to control mechanically although it can be done. Mechanical =
tillage can be very sophisticated. As well, we separate crops and =
livestock so we dont want straw, so shorter cereals are OK. Separated =
livestock and crops results in massive aquatic pollution-- we pay for =
that indirectly. Real cost accounting would not rate GMO crops more cost =
efficient today and their costs have gone up as more resistance =
develops.=20
We have created an industrial production system that is part of our =
social fabric... it's not easy to re-evaluate.. and pursue a new tack =
but we need to start looking at it. Those gigantic fields of GMO maize, =
soy and cannola may give us "cheaper food" but we are paying for it in =
many other ways.
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From: "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide... GMO =
crops and loss of weedy species
The reason Herbicides are so much better from a farmers point of view =
David is that herbicides kill the weeds close to the planted crop.=20
The weeds in the middle of the rows are not very harmful and are easy=20
to control by cultivation.=20
However the weeds close to the plants cause the reduction in yields.=20
They rob moisture, nutrients sunlight and harbour insects but there=20
is no way a farmer can remove them by cultivation. short of the old =
hand hoe.=20
In addition they make harvesting more difficult by not allowing the =
crop=20
to dry out in the short days of fall.=20
Farmers tell me herbicides give the best return on investment of=20
all their inputs. But maybe we would like to pay more for food!=20
Enjoy the thaw=20
Paul=20
=20
On February 4, 2016 at 8:33 AM David Patriquin =
<davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca> wrote:=20
=20
=20
Incororating resistance to Roundup & now a couple of other =
herbicides (because weeds also becoming resistant) in GMO crops has one =
huge effect on wildlife that I don't see discussed much or at all: the =
complete obliteration of weedy species over massive areas, not seen much =
in NS but go to Que and Ont where field after large field of GMO =
soybean, maize and cannola are grown, and they are virtually dead except =
for the crops; even after the crops are taken off they remain free of =
weedy species. Under traditional management, weeds were set back by =
tillage to allow crop to get established, then a diversity of weedy =
species grow up in the understory, flowering and providing food for =
pollinators, seeds for wildlife.. and after the crop is taken off, =
groundcover. No more so. The farmers like the GMO crops because of the =
simplified management, but with selection of appropriate cultivars, some =
mechanical management, reducing some types of tillage...weeds can be =
controlled without eliminating them and our farm fields can be more =
supportive of wildlife. =20
=20
Glyphosate is toxic to plants and bacteria, so has huge effects on =
the microbiotia also..=20
=20
Agreed, Nick: " As naturalists, impacts on natural world are our =
major responsibility."=20
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From: Nicholas Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com>
To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide =
Atrazine in Canada: a re-evaluation
David,=20
no confusion here. Listserve focus is on nature not human safety. =
Atrazine article deals with human safety concerns not biodiversity.=20
If we want to take a stand on pesticides it would be for their =
biodiversity implications of which there are tons. Roundup is an example =
but there are many=20
showing impacts of other pesticides on native bees and other =
pollinators.=20
Nick=20
=20
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/04-1291/abstract=20
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40983228?seq=3D1#page_scan_tab_contents=20
=20
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:02 PM, David & Alison Webster =
<dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:=20
Hi Nick,=20
The item dealt with Atrazine not Roundup. Best not to confuse =
matters. =20
Dave W =20
=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Nicholas Hill=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 8:12 PM=20
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide =
Atrazine in Canada: a re-evaluation=20
=20
Gyphosate (roundup) going under radar despite the lethal impacts =
of amphibian larvae (ca 98% kill) from the surfactant used to get the =
pesticide across the plant's cuticle.=20
Not supposed to be used near water courses but amphibians are in =
swampy woods.=20
As naturalists, impacts on natural world are our major =
responsibility. Physicians (royal...Ontario. .forget the association) =
did take a stand against recreational and household usage of pesticide =
on the basis of human health risk. We can stand up for nature.=20
Nick=20
On Feb 3, 2016 5:59 PM, "N Robinson" < nrobbyn@gmail.com> wrote:=20
Hello everyone,=20
A member of the Quebec branch of the Sierra Club just sent me an =
email regarding Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency doing a =
re-evaluation of the pesticide Atrazine (announced December 15 2015).=20
Some of you, more knowledgeable than I, might want to send them =
some feedback.=20
=
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_rev2015-11/rev201=
5-11-eng.php=20
Re-evaluation Note REV2015-11, Special Review of Atrazine: =
Proposed Decision for Consultation
Nancy=20
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<DIV>Hi All Again,</DIV>
<DIV> Strange fate indeed when some fret about =
depletion of Ca=20
in woodland , where trees can absorb year round, but imagine annual =
arable=20
crops, which must absorb everything in few months, can be extracted =
forever=20
without replacement of nutrients.</DIV>
<DIV> The key in all things is moderation and common =
sense.=20
And if manure is available all the better. We used to farm 20-30 acres =
with=20
manure, recycled from meadow hay, and 2-3 bags of =
fertilizer for=20
special needs. So we were mostly organic but not too pig-headed to buy=20
fertilizer with added B when the turnips failed to do well=20
etc. The term organic farming was unknown, at least to us, =
manure was=20
free and mineral fertilizer was not free so we used it sparingly; not =
because it=20
was against our religion but because not using it saved scarce=20
money. </DIV>
<DIV> For years as a kid we had a very prolific=20
"Organic" Rhubarb patch; smothered each fall with about 8" of fresh =
horse=20
manure held in place by posts and boards over winter. By the following =
fall,=20
after removal of the boards in spring, the action of weather and hens =
had worn=20
it out to ground level. This provided hen feed, weed control and =
excellent=20
Rhubarb.</DIV>
<DIV>Yt, DW</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Ddavidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca =
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Patriquin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 04, =
2016 12:49=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Public=20
consultation re use of pesticide... GMO crops and loss of weedy =
species=20
-Chemical fertilizer</DIV>
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id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_4282>=E2=80=9CChemical fertilizer is =
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sounds familiar. </SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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Issac=20
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id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_3968>provides many pieces of caution =
about use=20
of fertilizers and noted " ...the effect of fertilizers was likened to =
the=20
effect of alcohol on the confirmed toper; but to stop meant collapse =
and to go=20
on implied constantly increased use." </SPAN><BR></DIV>
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id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_4135> <I=20
id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_4055>The Fertility of the=20
Land.</I> Roberts, I.P. The MacMillan Co. 1897.<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_4223>In the early 1900s, Albert Howard =
observed=20
that the new "artificials" caused increased disease in crops and =
livestock and=20
began to define the alternative approaches of organic agriculture.=20
Interestingly, writers in the 1940s expressed great optimism that the =
chemical=20
era was about to end but as we know today it was just =
getting=20
geared up....<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> John and Nhung=20
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style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =
<BR><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 4, =
2016 12:14=20
PM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: =
[NatureNS]=20
Public consultation re use of pesticide... GMO crops and loss of weedy =
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2016=20
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clear=3Dnone><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use =
of=20
pesticide... GMO crops and loss of weedy =
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id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454604103018_4360>The weeds close to the crop are =
only=20
problematical if you dont start with a clean seedbed and/or heavily =
fertilize=20
the seedbed before planting the crop, which favours the weeds. Start =
with a=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">it's a treadmill. You start using herbicides =
and then=20
you breed crops that are not competitive with weeds.. so yes those =
crops are=20
very difficult to control mechanically although it can be done. =
Mechanical=20
tillage can be very sophisticated. As well, we separate crops and =
livestock so=20
we dont want straw, so shorter cereals are OK. Separated livestock and =
crops=20
results in massive aquatic pollution-- we pay for that indirectly. =
Real cost=20
accounting would not rate GMO crops more cost efficient today and =
their costs=20
have gone up as more resistance develops. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We have created an industrial production =
system that=20
is part of our social fabric... it's not easy to re-evaluate.. and =
pursue a=20
new tack but we need to start looking at it. Those gigantic fields of =
GMO=20
maize, soy and cannola may give us "cheaper food" but we are paying =
for it in=20
many other ways.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
10pt"> "<A=20
href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow =
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</A=
>"=20
<<A href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" shape=3Drect =
rel=3Dnofollow=20
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</A=
>><BR=20
clear=3Dnone><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" =
shape=3Drect=20
rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank=20
ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> =
<BR=20
clear=3Dnone><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 4, 2016 9:35 AM<BR=20
clear=3Dnone><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use =
of=20
pesticide... GMO crops and loss of weedy=20
species</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5535>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5534>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6387>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>The reason=20
Herbicides are so much better from a farmers point of view=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5533>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>David is=20
that herbicides kill the weeds close to the planted crop. =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6386>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>The weeds in=20
the middle of the rows are not very harmful and are easy =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6385>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>to control=20
by cultivation. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5536>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>However the=20
weeds close to the plants cause the reduction in yields. =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6384>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>They rob=20
moisture, nutrients sunlight and harbour insects but there =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5537>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>is no way a=20
farmer can remove them by cultivation. short of the old hand hoe.=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_5538>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>In addition=20
they make harvesting more difficult by not allowing the crop=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6681>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>to dry out=20
in the short days of fall. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6682>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Farmers tell=20
me herbicides give the best return on investment of =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454596785758_6683>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>all their=20
inputs. But maybe we would like to pay more for food! =
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Enjoy the=20
thaw </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Paul=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>On=20
February 4, 2016 at 8:33 AM David Patriquin <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca" shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow =
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca">davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca</A>&=
gt;=20
wrote: </SPAN></DIV>
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class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incororating resistance to Roundup & =
now a=20
couple of other herbicides (because weeds also becoming resistant) =
in GMO=20
crops has one huge effect on wildlife that I don't see discussed =
much or at=20
all: the complete obliteration of weedy species over massive areas, =
not seen=20
much in NS but go to Que and Ont where field after large field of =
GMO=20
soybean, maize and cannola are grown, and they are virtually dead =
except for=20
the crops; even after the crops are taken off they remain free of =
weedy=20
species. Under traditional management, weeds were set back by =
tillage to=20
allow crop to get established, then a diversity of weedy species =
grow up in=20
the understory, flowering and providing food for pollinators, seeds =
for=20
wildlife.. and after the crop is taken off, groundcover. No more so. =
The=20
farmers like the GMO crops because of the simplified management, but =
with=20
selection of appropriate cultivars, some mechanical management, =
reducing=20
some types of tillage...weeds can be controlled without eliminating =
them and=20
our farm fields can be more supportive of wildlife. =20
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4352>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Glyphosate is toxic to plants and =
bacteria, so has=20
huge effects on the microbiotia also.. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Agreed, Nick: " </SPAN><SPAN>As =
naturalists, impacts=20
on natural world are our major responsibility."</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND: white"=20
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</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
=
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN>From:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN> =
Nicholas Hill <<A href=3D"mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com" =
shape=3Drect=20
rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com">fernhillns@gmail.com</A>><BR=20
clear=3Dnone><STRONG><SPAN>To:</SPAN></STRONG> "<A=20
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow =
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>" =
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow =
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>>=
; <BR=20
clear=3Dnone><STRONG><SPAN>Sent:</SPAN></STRONG> Thursday, February =
4, 2016=20
7:32 AM<BR clear=3Dnone><STRONG><SPAN>Subject:</SPAN></STRONG> Re: =
[NatureNS]=20
Public consultation re use of pesticide Atrazine in Canada: a=20
re-evaluation</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3906>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791>
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<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3907>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>David,=20
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3909>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>no=20
confusion here. Listserve focus is on nature not human safety. =
Atrazine=20
article deals with human safety concerns not biodiversity.=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3910>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>If we want=20
to take a stand on pesticides it would be for their biodiversity=20
implications of which there are tons. Roundup is an example but =
there are=20
many </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3911>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>showing=20
impacts of other pesticides on native bees and other pollinators.=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3912>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Nick=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_3913>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4240>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN><A=20
href=3D"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/04-1291/abstract" =
shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow=20
=
target=3D_blank>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/04-1291/abstra=
ct</A>=20
</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.jstor.org/stable/40983228?seq=3D1#page_scan_tab_conten=
ts"=20
shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow=20
=
target=3D_blank>http://www.jstor.org/stable/40983228?seq=3D1#page_scan_ta=
b_contents</A>=20
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4407>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yqt08071>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4380>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4379>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>On Wed,=20
Feb 3, 2016 at 9:02 PM, David & Alison Webster <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com" shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow =
target=3D_blank=20
ymailto=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</A>> =
wrote:=20
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<DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Hi Nick,=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> The item =
dealt=20
with Atrazine not Roundup. Best not to confuse matters. =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4405>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Dave=20
W </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>-----=20
Original Message ----- </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A href=3D"mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com" =
shape=3Drect=20
rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank =
ymailto=3D"mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com">Nicholas=20
Hill</A> </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">=20
<A href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" shape=3Drect =
rel=3Dnofollow=20
target=3D_blank=20
=
ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>=20
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<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4382>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Wednesday, February 03, 2016 8:12 PM=20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4403>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re =
use of=20
pesticide Atrazine in Canada: a re-evaluation </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4385>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4384>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4383>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> =20
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1905593791yui_3_16_0_1_1454588368905_4386>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN>Gyphosate (roundup) going =
under radar=20
despite the lethal impacts of amphibian larvae (ca 98% kill) from =
the=20
surfactant used to get the pesticide across the plant's cuticle. =
<BR=20
clear=3Dnone>Not supposed to be used near water courses but =
amphibians are=20
in swampy woods. <BR clear=3Dnone>As naturalists, impacts on =
natural world=20
are our major responsibility. Physicians (royal...Ontario. .forget =
the=20
association) did take a stand against recreational and =
household=20
usage of pesticide on the basis of human health risk. We can stand =
up for=20
nature. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
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</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
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3, 2016 5:59 PM, "N Robinson" < <A =
href=3D"mailto:nrobbyn@gmail.com"=20
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ymailto=3D"mailto:nrobbyn@gmail.com">nrobbyn@gmail.com</A>> =
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<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"=20
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<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"=20
class=3Dyiv1905593791MsoNormal><SPAN> A member of the Quebec =
branch of=20
the Sierra Club just sent me an email regarding Canada's Pest =
Management=20
Regulatory Agency doing a re-evaluation of the pesticide Atrazine=20
(announced December 15 2015). </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: white" =
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you, more knowledgeable than I, might want to send them some =
feedback. <BR=20
clear=3Dnone><BR clear=3Dnone> <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_rev2015-1=
1/rev2015-11-eng.php"=20
shape=3Drect rel=3Dnofollow=20
=
target=3D_blank>http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_r=
ev2015-11/rev2015-11-eng.php</A>=20
</SPAN></DIV>
<H1 style=3D"BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">Re-evaluation=20
Note REV2015-11, Special Review of Atrazine: Proposed Decision for =
Consultation</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H1></DIV>
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