Presidential Executive Order Pending...

All Federal Buildings will must PHASE OUT THE USE OF ALL ORGANOPHOSPHATE AND CARBAMATE PESTICIDES

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Subject:   Phase out the use of all Organophosate and Carbamate POISONS--
Date:        Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:56:13 -0500
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Lyndon Hawkins <hawkins@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
          State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
          Integrated Pest Management

Dear Lyndon,

If you click on the following URL, you will see a draft of an executive order by President Bill Clinton written last December and not yet signed. It is about the "greening of government" and orders a reduction in the use of toxic chemicals in all federal buildings. While this will be phased in gradually, there is a portion which states that, by the end of THIS YEAR, all offices must PHASE OUT THE USE OF ALL ORGANOPHOSPHATE AND CARBAMATE PESTICIDES!

http://www.nasda.org/joint/toxic_chemicals.html

SNIP from this site:

"PART 6 - LANDSCAPING AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Section 601. Implementation

(b) As soon as practicable, each agency shall eliminate the use of Organophosphate and Carbamate pesticides at their facilities, but no later that [sic] December 31, 2000."

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If you look in at the NASDA site (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture)

http://www.nasda.org/news/newsletter28.html#5

 

- you will see their specious argument against this ban, mainly that::

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<"...the draft Order would require federal agencies to eliminate the use of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides at their facilities no later than December 31, 2000. There are also provisions for agencies to conform landscaping services with environmentally beneficial practices. Although the draft order only pertains to federal agencies, it could have adverse impacts on commercial markets and all chemical/pesticide users. It could also have an indirect effect if other customers follow the lead of the federal government. In general, the action sends a negative message to the public about chemical uses, risks, and exposures and raises many unanswered questions. For example, if USDA is required to eliminate its use of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides, will state and local governments, or other public/private institutions, be expected to do the same? If USDA is prohibited from using these products, does this hamper their ability to review and communicate pesticide management practices? NASDA is discussing this issue with industry organizations and agricultural groups to determine the exact status of the draft proposal, assess the potential impacts on agriculture, and determine possible next steps."

Well Lyndon, "our state regulators of POISONS" are obviously still not worried about trying to protect us from the dangerous health effects of their "registered" POISONS; "they" are obviously far more concerned about what the message to the public would be - if "someone" actually decided to protect the people from their dangerous "registered" POISONS! The public will eventually find out who is trying to protect them and who is trying to POISON them. What do you think they will do when they find out "who is who"?

Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten.

 

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