3 pesticides that harm Salmon

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JT

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Just read this and thought I'd pass it on to Salmon lovers and others who care about our enviroment.

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110a ... cides.html

Please don't use these pesticides. Carbaryl, marketed as Sevin, Carbofuran, marketed as Furadan, and Methomyl, sold under brand names including Lannate.

Fish are having a hard enough time without this garbage being sent from our lawns to them.


JT :smiled
 
Heard this on the news tonight. I'm sure gov't regs are next. Personally, I try to use as limited chemicals around my home as possible. I even use organic fertilizer on my lawn. It's not much, but I try. I want the earth to still be here for my grandaughter.
 
I don't have the link anymore but you can tell what percentage of the population is doing speed or other illegal drugs from water samples. Amazing that 1) they can do that and 2) that many morons are doing drugs.
 
Brent":1e8aep3w said:
Not to hijack your posting but medications in the water is a problem, too
http://www.dailytitan.com/opinion/cance ... -1.1725399
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Brent,

That particular link is a pretty poorly written article that is filled with misstatements and untruths. A more balanced article can be found at this link. One thing to notice is that a significant fraction of the compounds detected in water supplies are due to consumers both flushing unused drugs and excreting drugs they have consumed into water that is ultimately recycled into drinking water.
 
JT":ntwzm24w said:
Just read this and thought I'd pass it on to Salmon lovers and others who care about our enviroment.

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110a ... cides.html

Please don't use these pesticides. Carbaryl, marketed as Sevin, Carbofuran, marketed as Furadan, and Methomyl, sold under brand names including Lannate.

Fish are having a hard enough time without this garbage being sent from our lawns to them.


JT :smiled
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Yup, what he said.

Also, any dog lovers out there might want to Google "Dogs Lawns Cancer". Makes you think twice about letting your dogs out to play that springtime week when all the neighbors are out with their 'cides.
 
Local boy Mark,
Good for you. You set an example others will follow! Organic is mo' bedda brudha!
Brent, no problem.

Ok here goes,
Worth reading if you haven't yet.

Seattle-- Three pesticides used on agricultural crops jeopardize the survival of many Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as threatened
or endangered in the west, federal biologists said Tuesday.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is recommending labeling restrictions, buffer zones near salmon waters for ground and aerial spraying, and a ban on the pesticides' use in windy conditions and during storms that wash them into the waters.

The Pesticides - Carbaryl,
Carbofuran and Methomyl - Can kill fish outright in certain concentrations and impair the ability of fish to smell, swim, avoid predators and grow.

But the biggest effect is the harnm to aquatic insects that the salmon rely on for food, said Angela Somma, who heads the service's endangered species division.

"These pesticides are designed to kill insects on agricultural crops," she said. "But when they get into the water system, they also kill aquatic insects that salmon feed on."

The fisheries service found that products containing the pesticides carbaryl and carbo furan jeopardize the survival of 22 listed species of salmon and steelhead species including Puget sound Chinook and Snake river Chinook.

Products containing Methomyl put 18 listed species at risk, including upper Willamette River Chinook and Sacramento River winter -run Chinook.

This is only part of the article but you get the idea.

Thanks for reading.


JT :smiled
 
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