Health & Fitness
A Dream Come True!
Schneiderman introduces a bill to restrict methoprene in estuaries. Do we lean toward the 'health' of the chemical companies or the health of the people & planet?Remember Suffolk County & their love of DDT for mosquito control? How did that work out?
Just over a month ago, Connecticut passed an act that prohibits the use of methoprene and resmethrin in any storm drain or conveyance for water within their coastal boundary.
For the past few years, I have been actively advocating for Suffolk County Vector Control to work toward ecological management & restoration for mosquito control rather than just spraying toxic chemicals.
Click here for my most recent blog on the subject.
I am not one to take no for answer- especially when I truly believe in the cause- but I am more driven when facts and science show that what I am asking for is right.
The East Hampton Trustees have also been advocating, at my bequest, for the County to reduce their use of chemical pesticides in our marshes. Way to go Trustees! (**Disclaimer- I am one of your East Hampton Town Trustees**) Our request has not been ignored! Legislator Jay Schneiderman is listening and on July 30, 2013, he introduced a bill to establish strict guidelines for the use of Methoprene within estuaries in Suffolk County.
THANK YOU JAY!!
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Please click here to read the recent press release on methoprene, the insect growth regulator that is acutely toxic to estuarine invertebrates. EPA studies have found that methoprene can be lethal to non-target organisms such as lobsters and crabs. What more do we need to know? Do we listen to Suffolk County who says it is safe or do we listen to the EPA? Lets hope the other legislators are listening- and are doing their homework. I hope they make the right decision, which would be a YES vote to Jay's bill, and move toward a sustainable pest management approach for Suffolk County.
Remember- other STATES have banned this stuff... its our turn, don't ya think?
I know that some people 'trust the government' to 'do what’s right'. Do we trust that methoprene is safe for us and the environment in which we live? Remember- this stuff kills living things.
Do we trust a 4+ million dollar plan promoting pesticides- or do we err on the side of caution and seek out alternative-safer ways to control mosquito populations?
Find out what's happening in East Hamptonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
THINK ABOUT IT- if the spraying was working why do they keep spraying- week after week -year after year? Who is benefiting from all this spraying- and who is being harmed? Do we lean toward the 'health' of the chemical companies or the health of the people and the planet?
Remember Suffolk County and their love of DDT for mosquito control?? And how did that work out?
