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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01D1F976.F781C870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nancy, I=E2=80=99m sending a link to an article on how a study in France showed = a link between the spraying of BT to kill mosquitoes and a decline in = House Martins. In the article, a Canadian ecotoxicologist says the study = could help to explain the decline of insectivorous birds in Canada. Your = email comes on the day that the Nova Scotia Government made public that = it is considering a BT spray program to control the impending threat of = a spruce budworm infestation. Here the pertinent bird question might be = how this spraying would affect budworm dependent warblers such as the = Bay-breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler, and Tennessee Warbler. Here is the link to the French study: = http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100615/full/news.2010.296.html. John Carleton, Yarmouth County =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of N Robinson Sent: August-18-16 17:04 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Question re mosquitoes, the Zika issue, etc. =20 Hello all, I would appreciate receiving educated opinions on the usefulness (or = not) of the mosquito. I have on record a biologist who says the world = would not miss them if they were eradicated. Now I have found a recent = children's book called Bloodsuckers, which says we need them. I am sure = they serve a purpose, if only to provide an easy and abundant prey for a = lot of very hungry birds. I have learned to question media reports on things like the Zika virus = and birth defects - it is making a good excuse for introducing the new = Oxitec GM mosquito, with Bill Gates funding behind it - what better = venue than the Olympics to roll out that product! FYI World Mosquito Day is coming up on August 20. It is celebrated in = Great Britain to mark the discovery of the connection of the mosquito to = malaria. =20 I have no specialized knowledge in any science, but would like to send a = balanced reply to an article in the Montreal Gazette by a doctor who is = extolling the potential benefits of the new GM mosquito and who seems to = be accepting the media reports of the connection of the Zika virus to = "birth defects". These turn out to be microencephaly and another very = rare disorder which passses; the connection so far is based on one = correlational study.=20 Any and all opinions welcome! Don't worry, I will not quote you without = your permission. Nancy --=20 Nancy Robinson novascotiavacation.weebly.com <http://novascotiavacation.weebly.com>=20 www.twinski.com <http://www.twinski.com>=20 514-605-7186 Home: 514-938-5249 ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01D1F976.F781C870 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Hi Nancy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>I=E2=80=99m sending a link to an article on how a study in = France showed a link between the spraying of BT to kill mosquitoes and a = decline in House Martins. In the article, a Canadian ecotoxicologist = says the study could help to explain the decline of insectivorous birds = in Canada. Your email comes on the day that the Nova Scotia Government = made public that it is considering a BT spray program to control the = impending threat of a spruce budworm infestation. Here the pertinent = bird question might be how this spraying would affect budworm dependent = warblers such as the Bay-breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler, and = Tennessee Warbler.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Here is the link to the French study: <a = href=3D"http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100615/full/news.2010.296.html">h= ttp://www.nature.com/news/2010/100615/full/news.2010.296.html</a>.<o:p></= o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Carleton, Yarmouth County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-