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Comments (85)Yep, well I am not in the mood to apologise for my use of glyphosate. If I had a penny for everyone of our customers who claimed to be organic, only to find something nasty lurking in their sheds, Mr.Camps and I would be rich gardeners today. When, and only when, the huge pharma companies such as Bayer, Monsanto and the hated Dow Agro get their collective wrists slapped and whopping bans and sanctions on them, will I feel ashamed about my negligible use of the considerably less toxix glyphosate compared to the evil pesticides such as imidacloprid....and as for GM!!!!...See Moreendosulfan
Comments (1)Correction, the final "Precautionary Principle>" was a simple typing error (">" should be "." the lower case). I had to correct this as I do not want anyone to interpret that I intended the > to indicate a grin....See MoreNew Mancozeb scientific review - Parkinson disease
Comments (3)"precautionary principle World English Dictionary precautionary principle ��" n the precept that an action should not be taken if the consequences are uncertain and potentially dangerous" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/precautionary+principle --------------------------------------------------- The following link gives more detail: http://www.sehn.org/Volume_3-1.html In particular the following part should help clarify: "What about "scientific uncertainty"? Why should we take action before science tells us what is harmful or what is causing harm? Sometimes if we wait for proof it is too late. Scientific standards for demonstrating cause and effect are very high. For example, smoking was strongly suspected of causing lung cancer long before the link was demonstrated conclusively - that is, to the satisfaction of scientific standards of cause and effect. By then, many smokers had died of lung cancer. But many other people had already quit smoking because of the growing evidence that smoking was linked to lung cancer. These people were wisely exercising precaution despite some scientific uncertainty. Often a problem - such as a cluster of cancer cases or global warming - is too large, its causes too diverse, or the effects too long term to be sorted out with scientific experiments that would prove cause and effect. It's hard to take these problems into the laboratory. Instead, we have to rely on observations, case studies or predictions based on current knowledge. According to the precautionary principle, when substantial scientific evidence of any kind gives us good reason to believe that an activity, technology or substance may be harmful, we should act to prevent harm. If we always wait for scientific certainty, people may suffer and die, and damage to the natural world may be irreversible." Here is a link that might be useful: link for above quote of more detail...See MoreWhy "no spray" gardens?
Comments (45)Mary, I hope your husband makes a speedy recovery. It can't be easy. Fellow forum posters, thanks for not turning this into a contentious battle. Years ago when I began posting on this, a civil conversation like this would have been unheard of. Posters tip-toed around the topic. I spray because I have to. Without spraying almost everything would die in my tropical climate and those few that survived would be twigs 364 days out of the year. I know this to be true because I gave up on spraying three years ago and lost all but a dozen roses out of a collection of 300+ rose bushes (I achieved this thanks in large part to MerryGro Roses going defunct and selling me roses at next to nothing). With that said, I do try to limit the collateral damage by keeping more bug friendly plants in non-spray areas of my yard. On any given day you will find bees and butterflies in my yard and most ignore my roses. I also spray with an emphasis on damage control in the products I choose. My go-to is Manzate/Dithane, Banner Maxx, and Conserve SC. In times of outbreaks I do use the Bayer product and the Ortho product, but I don't do this year round. My roses are thriving and this is in large part due to spraying. This idea is not for everyone and if you prefer less Hybrid Tea perfect form and like Austin style blooms than you can definitely purchase roses that will require less spraying in my climate and perhaps none in yours. Good luck and thank you to all, once again, for keeping things civil. -Adrian...See Morehenry_kuska
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