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Hello all,
The following public correspondance relates to proposed federal legislation
could affect organic farms and handling operations. We encourage you to
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 14:49:46 -0500
From: mmiller@pcsia.com
Subject: HR1504 and S910
To obtain the text of these bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search
by the bill numbers HR1510 or S910.
I looked at them in brief and it looks like this could be used like a SLAP
lawsuit to really tie up the Organic Pest Control Industry. Anybody can
petition to add a"plant pest" to the list of controlled substances. Now
with Science for Hire Information any thing could be banned. Nobody said
the "life sciences industry" was stupid (or moral). Mike Miller
>To: MMiller
>From: Twittman@aol.com
>Date: 21 Aug 99 10:46:12 -0600
>Subject: HR1504 and S910
>
>
>Hi Sanet Members,
> Anyone know more about the two bills below. I saw this on the Biotech
list
>and am wondering if there is more to this story.
>Best,
>Thomas Wittman
>
>
>
>HR1504 and S910 pending in the US Congress and Senate right now despite any
>original good intent are bad law that will repress biological control
>alternatives to pesticide, in the guise of "protecting the environment".
>Callous bureaucrats are turning the environmental community upon itself to
>protect the pesticide marketplace. Biological control agents are not "plant
>pests" no mater how badly the pesticide industry would like them labeled
that
>way. Releasing beneficial insects are not "biological invasions" that are
>more environmentally damming than pesticide use. They are instead a vast and
>underutilized natural rescue belonging to all Americans. Please while there
>is still time request a copy of this legislation and send your comments to
>your elected officials, also Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, and
>President Clinton.
>
>Passage of this legislation will turn the federal government into "Ladybug
>Police" that will warn against the possible environmental damage from
>ladybugs, lacewings and predatory mites while failing to protect the public
>especially children and women from pesticides adequately. Biological control
>has one of the best health, human safety, environmental records and economic
>efficiencies of any human enterprise. These laws will create thousands of
>new roadblocks in every state, giving legal authority to block projects to
>replace the ambiguous authority that has been used for years to keep
>pesticides in schools, our homes, workplaces and crops. These bills will
>also effectively and negatively impact the food quality protection act
(FQPA)
>that is reducing the amount of pesticides in our children's food supply.
The
>public and the common good will not be protected from harm. However I
>believe that access will be officially denied to safer, more affordable
>sustainable alternatives, this will be the practical result of these deeply
>flawed proposals. Stop this deceptive legislation now.
>
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