At 08:28 PM 6/2/99 -0700, Dennis K Rockwell wrote:

>DDT, of course, came into use before EPA existed, when the only approval
>given came from the market place. Things are vastly different now and
>DDT actually isn't a glaring example of anything in this case. As for
>research, well I only know what I'm taught in the courses (put on by the
>WSU Extention Service) that I take to keep my pesticide licenses current,
>but I've received the impression that every aspect of these products
>currently available has been researched ad nauseum.

Round-up is a very safe herbicide, properly used.

That doesn't mean you're not a an asshole for presuming that those
who pulled loosestrife at Montlake Fill were imagining themselves
to be "helping to save the world", etc etc.

>Since I only spot spray (not broadcast) a couple of days in late July,

And you think THIS helps SAVE THE WORLD, and you bitch about those who
pulled loosestrife with no presumption on their part that they were
doing nothing more than clear some mud for migrant shorebirds?

Hypocrit.

>and if these beetles work as advertised maybe not at all now, I think
>your risk is pretty low should you ever visit, but given that a certain
>lunatic has made me the object of his obsession,

Ummm...I've posted twice (now thrice) in favor of biological controls,
and you've refused to respond to my posts pointing out that those who
pulled loosestrife didn't do so in any "save the earth" context (your
claim, joystick-stroker), oh...blah blah blah.

Why don't you just chug a few quarts of Paraquot and begone?

> the sheriff has advised
>me that it would be unwise to publish my home address or place of work in
>this forum. I hope you can understand.

Yeah, not only are you an idiot, but a paranoid one.

For the record, my address is:

Don Baccus
4835 SE Sherman
PDX, OR 97215
(503) 231-8154



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