sanet-mg-digest Monday, February 15 1999 Volume 01 : Number 828
In this issue:
Re: Malarial Mosquitoes
RE: Help - does anyone know of a good film/video?
Question on Farm Bureau and Family Farm Label
RE: Edna's Post, County Agents, and Using Natural Products
BSE/Portugal
Health and the environment
RE: Edna's Post, County Agents, and Using Natural Products
definitions
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:22:42 +0530 (IST)
From: "d.parthasarathy" <dp@hss.iitb.ernet.in>
Subject: Re: Malarial Mosquitoes
Hello!
I have heard that neem is a very good antidote for mosquitoes. One can
experiment with treating the mosquito nets with neem paste. Burning neem
leaves near sites of mosquito breeding kills them very effectively. As a
long term solution having neem trees around effectivels reduces the
presence of mosquitos. Neem is very hardy, hardly needs watering and
survives/thrives anywhere in India.Best thing to do would be to scout
around during the beginning of the monsoons, when there are lots of neem
saplings taking root, and transplant them. This is almost a religious
activity for some groups here.
Regards
D.Parthasarathy
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Powai
Mumbai, 400076, India
Phone: 091 022 576 7372
email: dp@hss.iitb.ernet.in
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Jane Sherry/wcdev/US wrote:
> Hello Friends,
>
> I am asking for advice in combating malarial mosquitoes on behalf of Dr.
> Yeshi Dhonden, the Tibetan doctor I was recently privileged to see, when
he
> was here in NYC from his clinic in Dharamsala, India and Dr. Marsha Woolf,
> a naturapath who works with him. According to Dr. Marsha Woolf (of The
> Tibetan Refugee Health Care Project), they are having a terrible time at
> the clinic in India with what she described as "DDT resistant" malarial
> mosquitoes. Apparently many people are dying of malaria there. She was
> wondering if there is something that mosquito netting can be treated with
> to combat the mosquitoes?
>
> I was wondering, further if there are any sustainable, organic, and/or
> biodynamic treatments that anyone on the list is aware of that could be
of
> some help, not just to treat the mosquito nets, but the people and area
in
> general? I would imagine they need both short and long-term solutions. If
> anyone has any suggestions at all, or contacts who could be of some
> assistance, I would be very grateful to be able to pass this information
on
> to Dr. Woolf.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Sincerely,
> Jane Sherry
>
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:16:55 -0500 (EST)
From: vberton@wam.umd.edu (Valerie Berton)
Subject: RE: Help - does anyone know of a good film/video?
Debbie:
You may want to browse the Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture, a
directory of free and low-cost books, newsletters, bulletins, videos and
web sites on sustainable ag.
You can purchase one through the Sustainable Agriculture Network, Hills
Bldg., Room 10, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405-0082 for $12 or
view it on SAN's web site at http://www.sare.org/sourcebook/
Valerie
>Debbie wrote:
>
>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:26:20 -0800
>From: Debbie Ortman <safefood@cp.duluth.mn.us>
>Subject: Help - does anyone know of a good film/video?
>
>Hi, I am looking for good film/video's on the importance
>of eating organic foods, organic gardening/farming, the GE issue or
>on a related topic. Does
>anyone have any suggestions? A few coops have requested
>this.
>Thanks
>
>Debbie Dunbar Ortman
>National Field Organizer
>Organic Consumers Association
>3547 Haines Rd.
>Duluth, MN 55811
>(218) 726-1443
>(218) 726-1446 Fax
>safefood@cp.duluth.mn.us
>http://www.purefood.org
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:34:32 -0500
From: MEBUCKNER@wvwise.org (Marian Buckner)
Subject: Question on Farm Bureau and Family Farm Label
Have any of you heard anything about the Farm Bureau possibly
developing
a family farm label? How and for what might it be used?
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:28:28 -0600
From: "Wilson, Dale" <WILSONDO@phibred.com>
Subject: RE: Edna's Post, County Agents, and Using Natural Products
Steve,
> Nowadays, I believe there are bicarbonate products registered
> for use and sold through regular pesticide suppliers. But
> what about the growers using baking soda, hydrogen peroxide,
> cinnamon oils, citrus oils, and other items found in the
> kitchen cabinet for pest control?
The FDA keeps a list of ingredients approved for use as food additives.
Many of these have not been well studied toxicologically but are generally
recognized as safe (GRAS). Here is the part of the FDA website that
contains this information:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/eafus.html
The list is not entirely comprehensive, but it does contain lots of stuff I
did not expect to see on the list, some fairly toxic substances. Some of
these might be useful biocides or repellents. I guess since many of these
things occur in food naturally it is okay to add them in small amounts.
All of the specific substances you mentioned are on the list.
I would think that substances that are GRAS can be used on crops without
restriction (not all the substances on the EAFUS list are GRAS). But
perhaps there is some conflict with the EPA. Of course, you can't sell
these things as pesticides, but you can probably use some of them yourself.
> I can also assure you that chemical-use farmers are very curious
> about these limits too. When organic farmers are charging
> higher prices and making claims for superior safety and
> food quality, it is simple human nature that the chemical-use
> farmers want reassurance that the home-made and
> new-invention pesticides are OK to use from a legal
> standpoint, too.
Chemical-use farmers? Chemicals are in everything! Why not use the
well-studied pesticides (synthetic or naturally-occurring) rather trying to
invent your own? Efficacy is important, and the really effective stuff
(pyrethrins, fixed copper, rotenone, nicotine, Bt, etc) has probably all
been captured under the aegis of the EPA.
Dale
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:02:13 -0500
From: "Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison" <mgs@aae.wisc.edu>
Subject: BSE/Portugal
Howdy, all--