Topic: More Aminopyralid

[digmyplot]

Hi

You have until October 23 to add your name to the petition to stop the pesticide aminopyralid being reinstated. If you signed last year to get it withdrawn I think you need to sign again.

The petition is here:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/aminopyralidban/

More Information here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/food.agriculture

Chemicals Regulation Directorate Website:
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/garden.asp?id=2465

my website, article about manure generally:
http://www.digmyplot.co.uk/digthis.html

cheers dmp

[bigshod]

Dow have got their way. The pollutant is back http://www.dowagro.com/uk/aminopyralidsuspension.ht.
 

[ceres]

Info already posted bigshod:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,55487.0.html

[realfood]

Two MPs have tabled Early Day Motions objecting to the proposed re-licensing of aminopyralid.

Tom Watson http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39228&SESSION=899
and Paul Burstow
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39225&SESSION=899

You can help by urging your own MP to support one or both motions.

[saddad]

I don't think the blessed Margaret (Beckett) would be interestde she still has to pay back her gardening claims...  :-X

[ceres]

Or David Heathcoat-Amory's 550 sacks of manure  ;D

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5310147/MPs-expenses-David-Heathcoat-Amory-dumps-550-sacks-of-manure-on-taxpayer.html

[realfood]

I have already been in contact with my MP about the early day motion, but she tells me that as she is a government minister, she cannot sign the motion. However, she has been supportive in this matter in the past.

[sunloving]

What concerns me about this test issue is that when we notified the pesticides people that we had this damage to crops - beans dahlias etc , they asked us if it had been tested for.

If the only test is using susceptable crops why wearnt our reports taken as confirmed cases we reported damage to susceptable crops this is the test.
Everyone who notified should also be considered to be a confimred case. or there should at least be a list where we can confirm positive test results .
The failure of dow to keep their word is no suprise becuase they are lying *fatherless children* who dont give a shite about the harmful residues and just care about maximising thier profits. The sad thing is that it wont be long before another even more damaging product comes on the market and whole thing starts again, or worse that non of use can use manure again and therefore there will be fewer reports of damage becuase the age old link between organic garders and stables is severed by thier reprehensible activites.
still fuming three years on!
sunloving
 

[tonybloke]

got my test kit from dow today

[Digeroo]

I asked for one, but seen no sign of it.

[cornykev]

Like Tone , I received mine today, a top of the range kit, eight pots and 32 broad beans, some of them don't look to healthy.   :-\ :-\ :-\         ;D ;D ;D

[Digeroo]

Mine just arrived.  Quite impressed by the picture to help identification. 

I am not sure that some of the people you agreed to this products return know what the effects really are.  Do you think we could arrange for them to get some kits. ;D

[chriscross1966]

Mine arrived today.... no compost anymore but some new decently sized pots and a pack of unnamed broad bean seeds.... the pictures pretty much exactly match what happened to the cobra bean I planted out in "supsicious" manure. At least I know where the rest of it went and it's logged to be a brassica bed for 2010 and sweetcorn/squash the year after..... should be long enough as it'll get rotavated at least twice before it sees a potato or a bean again.... I'm going to test another batch that I've got to check (and one for a plot neighbour, so the kit will be put to good use.....

chrisc

[tonybloke]

I reckon the seeds are 'field beans' ( a darn site cheaper than broadies)

[sunloving]

I just asked my mp ben wallace if he would sign the two early day motions about aminopyraloid.
This year we just had tomato damage, but really missed our annual load of manure, my dad keeps hopefully going to random stables and doing the bean test and so far we havent been able to find a clean manure source, how is everyone else getting on with this?

I went to an influencing parliament workshop today which was free and run by parliamentary outreach, it was really illuminating free and a lovely lunch so look out for them beucase who knows when we might need to reach parliament again.

Government ministers are not allowed to sign them neither are chairs of comittees who have influence over the subject matter so dont be offended if they refuse.
35 names so far (611 to go!)

x sunloving