Subject: REPORT DOCUMENTS ALTERNATIVES FOR CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS----- To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov> Dear Mr. Helliker,
I thought you might like to read an article entitled: REPORT DOCUMENTS ALTERNATIVES FOR CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS. WASHINGTON, DC, November 22, 2000 (ENS) - Many
synthetic chemical pollutants that are poisoning both people and
wildlife could be eliminated without disrupting the economy, concludes a
new study unveiled today by the Worldwatch Institute (WWI), an
environmental research organization based in Washington, DC. The group
found that there are economically viable, non-toxic alternatives for
three of the biggest sources of these pollutants - paper manufacturing,
pesticides, and PVC plastics. "Poisonous products are so embedded
in our lives, it's easy to think that we can't do without them,"
said Anne Platt McGinn, author of the WWI's study. "Not only are we
harming ourselves, we're paying to do it. We don't need to be
exposed." McGinn found that in the paper manufacturing
industry, 94 percent of the world's bleached paper is made using a
chlorine based process that spews out dioxins and hundreds of other
dangerous organochlorines into water, soil and into the paper itself.
Less expensive chlorine free technologies have been available for ten
years, but they have not been widely adopted, McGinn notes. McGinn makes
a similar argument regarding polyvinyl choride (PVC), which has become
the second most common plastic on the planet. The manufacture,
consumption and disposal of PVC throws off enormous quantities of toxic
byproducts, yet there is a substitute for almost every current PVC
application, McGinn notes. McGinn also found that farmers who phase out
the use of pesticides in favor of integrated pest management (IPM)
techniques often realize reduced costs and increased crop yields. The
full text of the Worldwatch report can be found on the group's website
at http://www.worldwatch.org. Well Mr. Helliker, I would like to point out
that T. S. Eliot once noted: "Only those who will risk going too
far can possibly find out how far one can go."
I have developed, researched, field tested, discovered, and/or
utilized over 1700 safe and far more effective pest control
alternatives. There
obviously is no need for further "registered" POISON
contamination. How far are
prepared to risk going, to actually and safely control pest problems in
California? |
