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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ Paul Falvo was surfing novascotia.cbc.ca and sent you this CBC News story with the comment: "Ironic to see the forestry industry pleading that pesticides are necessary to save jobs ... all the while working to CUT employment through mechanisation. Wouldn't selective harvesting create many more jobs than clear-cutting and spraying pesticides? They might as well say, "Who cares who gets cancer ... as long as our shareholders get a good return."" ________________________________________________________________________ FORESTRY GROUP DEFENDS VISION PLAN HALIFAX - A group that represents the forest industry in Nova Scotia is coming out in support of a controversial herbicide spraying program. Steve Talbot, with the Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia, says the recent debate over spraying 354 hectares of Crown land has been more fiction than fact. He says the herbicide Vision has been tested and cleared by health authorities in Canada, the United States and Europe. "Growing trees are essential to ensure that there is a sustainable supply of quality wood to support employment in Nova Scotia's forest industry," he says in a news release. "Without these investments in tree planting, and the careful use of herbicide where necessary, we would not be able to support the current levels of harvest and employment in the province." The Department of Natural Resources issued a tender last week to hire helicopters to spray Vision over Crown land in parts of Colchester, Cumberland and Kings counties. The Atlantic chapter of the Sierra Club wants to stop the spraying, saying the herbicide has been linked to some cancers.
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