Mr. Helliker, what is an inert??
I realized you also are apparently also unable to define the word "inert". Especially when you currently allow over 2,500 unregistered and untested "inerts" that pose a wide variety of health hazards and at least one of which has a contamination half life of over 4400 years and many of which have a contamination half life of over 880 years!
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Subject: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire----
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 16:55:46 -0400
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To:
Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California,
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Dear Mr. Helliker, I
was thinking about the fact that apparently no one in your entire Department is
able to define the word "alternative" and that until you learn how to
do so - obviously there never will be any unregistered alternatives to
your "registered" POISONS in California.
As I continued my thoughts, I realized you also are apparently also
unable to define the word "inert".
Especially when you currently allow over 2,500 unregistered and untested
"inerts" that pose a wide variety of health hazards and at least one
of which has a contamination half life of over 4400 years and many of which have
a contamination half life of over 880 years!
How can you continue to simply ignore all of these terrible toxins which
comprise the bulk (up to 99%) of your "registered" POISONS when you
"register" them or how can you pretend to consider the
TRUE RISK/DANGER of your entire POISON compound?
Mr. Helliker, sometimes the worst LIE is SILENCE!
Review below about how long a few of your unregistered "inerts" contaminate.
|
American Ind. Hyg. Assoc. - June, 1995
noted:
|
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| Compound | Rate Constant
(cm3 molecules-1 seconds-1) |
Half-Life at
|
| n-HexaneB | ~10-23 | >880 years |
| n-HeptaneB | ~10-23 | >880 years |
| CyclohexaneB | ~10-23 | >880 years |
| MethylcyclohexaneB | ~10-23 | >880 years |
| Toulene | <10-20 | >0.9 years |
| m,p Xylene | <10-21 | >9 years |
| TrichlorethyleneB | ~10-20 | 0.9 years |
| 1,1,1-Trichlorethylene | <10-23 | >880 years |
| TetrachloroethyleneB | ~10-22 | 880 years |
| IsobutanolB | <10-20 | >0.9 years |
| Formaldehyde | <2 x 10-20 | >4400 years |
| Acetaldehyde | <10-20 | >0.9 years |
| n-HexanalB | <10-21 | >9 years |
| Styrene | 2 x 10-17 | >0.9 years |
| AList completed for residential home in report
World Health Organization, Indoor Air Quality Organic Pollutants,
(EURO Reports and Studies No. 111, Copenhagen; WHO, Regional Office for
Europe, 1989
BEstimated rate constant and half-life based on chemical similarities to tested compounds. |
||
Well Mr. Helliker, The American heritage Dictionary defines
the word "inert" as 1.) Unable
to move or act. 2.)
Moving or acting slowly; sluggish. 3.)
Exhibiting no chemical activity; completely unreactive.
How on earth can you continue to "register" active POISON
ingredients and simply call the rest of your dangerous, untested toxins
"inert"? As you well
know, almost 400 of your unlabeled and unregistered "inerts" are or
have been used as active POISON ingredients and many are more toxic to people
and pets than your "registered" active POISON ingredients, and they
obviously contaminate our environment far longer. How can you continue to demand
that only your "registered" poisons can be used to "legally"
control pest problems in California? How
on earth can you, with a straight face, continue to say you are
"protecting" the public by not allowing the use of any safe and far
more effective alternatives, e.g., unregistered dish soap and water to
safely/actually control pests like Killer Bees and aphids?
Especially when you are obviously POISONING the public with your own
unregistered "inerts"?
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