Comment; long: was Re: [NatureNS] Scotts Miracle-Gro pleads guilty to selling poisoned bird seed

Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:39:17 -0300
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I personally quite disgusted about this. I'm not sure if I have bought Scotts
products in the past, but I can assure you the made the boycott list with this
one.

All the best,
Chris Kennedy in Halifax


Quoting David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>:

> Hi All,                        Mar 20, 2012
>     Predictably the concerns of Scotts' technical staff were ignored as in
> "what do engineers know about cold O-rings anyway ?"
>
>     And there are hints of fragmented responsibility; a recipe for bad news.
> Unless the process has changed, our landfills have this flaw. NS Environment
> defines the design, a contractor builds the landfill and an operator runs
> it. When things go wrong, as they must, just blame the other two.
>
>     A year or so ago, some official in the US filed a 'cause of death'
> report with respect to a cadaver, who was then inconsiderate enough to come
> back to life. The official then wiggled off of the hook by explaining that
> his job was to determine why someone had died not whether or not they were
> dead.
>
>     Meanwhile the feds here cut CFIA staff by 207 and lay off staff at
> Environment Canada and DFO as a way of stimulating the economy.
>
>     About 100 years ago a rash of toxic products for man and beast hit the
> market and this led to regulation etc. We are entering another like period.
>
>     In November I bought some curry that I considered suspect [based on
> flavor per unit volume and strong odor of urine after eating some] so I
> saved a sample and discarded the remaining food.  I contacted the company
> and talked to 3 (4?) people ending up with the head of Consumer Satisfaction
> at head office (AKA "Don't Worry; be Happy" Dept.).
>
>     The objections to my concerns would have made good material for a Goon
> Show or a variant of Mike from Canmore--
> Why and how would we test curry ? Curry is curry.
> What do you mean it might contain an adulterant ? What is an aldulterant ?
> The box says 'made in Canada'. It must therefore be OK because we have good
> regulations.
> Our curry could not contain Lead Chromate (a common adulterant of curry). If
> someone added that then they would have to say so on the label.
>
>     After mentioning the examples of toothpaste containing ethyleneglycol
> and pet food containing Melamine (?) I was given verbal assurances that they
> would test my sample. It will be a long wait I expect.
>
>     The Scotts' story has a good ending; or so it seems. How many other
> similar abuses meanwhile go undetected ?
>
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marg Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:28 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Scotts Miracle-Gro pleads guilty to selling poisoned
> bird seed
>
>
> > What to do?
> > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens
> >
> >
> > http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2012/2012-03-14-091.html
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