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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_036B_01D15F44.4D8E95E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nick & All, With respect to Atrazine, and pesticides in general, I would guess = that roughly 95% of the research effort has been directed to = environmental protection. Have a look at Pesticides in the Soil = Environment: Processes, Impacts, and Modeling, Soil Sci. Soc Amer. Book = Series No. 2., ed. H.H.Cheng, 530 pp.,1990. Spray and weigh trials are fairly straightforward but making sure = that materials and their degredation products do not lead directly to = environmental harm is a huge undertaking. =20 Yt, DW, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nicholas Hill=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide = Atrazine in Canada: a re-evaluation David, no confusion here. Listserve focus is on nature not human safety. = Atrazine article deals with human safety concerns not biodiversity. If we want to take a stand on pesticides it would be for their = biodiversity implications of which there are tons. Roundup is an example = but there are many showing impacts of other pesticides on native bees and other = pollinators. Nick http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/04-1291/abstract http://www.jstor.org/stable/40983228?seq=3D1#page_scan_tab_contents On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:02 PM, David & Alison Webster = <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: Hi Nick, The item dealt with Atrazine not Roundup. Best not to confuse = matters.=20 Dave W =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nicholas Hill=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pesticide = Atrazine in Canada: a re-evaluation Gyphosate (roundup) going under radar despite the lethal impacts = of amphibian larvae (ca 98% kill) from the surfactant used to get the = pesticide across the plant's cuticle.=20 Not supposed to be used near water courses but amphibians are in = swampy woods. As naturalists, impacts on natural world are our major = responsibility. Physicians (royal...Ontario. .forget the association) = did take a stand against recreational and household usage of pesticide = on the basis of human health risk. We can stand up for nature. Nick On Feb 3, 2016 5:59 PM, "N Robinson" <nrobbyn@gmail.com> wrote: Hello everyone, A member of the Quebec branch of the Sierra Club just sent me = an email regarding Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency doing a = re-evaluation of the pesticide Atrazine (announced December 15 2015). Some of you, more knowledgeable than I, might want to send them = some feedback. = http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_rev2015-11/rev201= 5-11-eng.php Re-evaluation Note REV2015-11, Special Review of Atrazine: = Proposed Decision for Consultation Nancy No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7441 / Virus Database: 4522/11542 - Release Date: = 02/02/16 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7441 / Virus Database: 4522/11552 - Release Date: = 02/04/16 ------=_NextPart_000_036B_01D15F44.4D8E95E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Nick & All,</DIV> <DIV> With respect to Atrazine, and pesticides in=20 general, I would guess that roughly 95% of the research effort has = been=20 directed to environmental protection. Have a look at Pesticides in the = Soil=20 Environment: Processes, Impacts, and Modeling, Soil Sci. Soc Amer. Book = Series=20 No. 2., ed. H.H.Cheng, 530 pp.,1990.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Spray and weigh trials are fairly = straightforward but=20 making sure that materials and their degredation products do not lead = directly=20 to environmental harm is a huge undertaking.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yt, DW, Kentville</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dfernhillns@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com">Nicholas=20 Hill</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 04, = 2016 7:32=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Public=20 consultation re use of pesticide Atrazine in Canada: a = re-evaluation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>David, <DIV>no confusion here. Listserve focus is on nature not human safety. = Atrazine article deals with human safety concerns not = biodiversity.</DIV> <DIV>If we want to take a stand on pesticides it would be for their=20 biodiversity implications of which there are tons. Roundup is an = example but=20 there are many</DIV> <DIV>showing impacts of other pesticides on native bees and other=20 pollinators.</DIV> &