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[Gorman, Lewis]

It's probably safer to assume they are all treated.

Lewis E. Gorman III
Biologist
Endangered Species Recovery Program

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services

MS: Ecological Services

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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Peter Bernhardt <bernhap2 at slu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Kelly:
>
> Thanks for sharing but poisoned plants are much closer to my home in Saint
> Louis than I anticipated.  I went to our local Home Depot to buy my wife a
> bag of potting soil (I'm big on romantic gifts).  While there I treated
> myself to two pots of perennials.  Upon taking them home and planting them
> in the garden I received an unpleasant surprise.  When I removed the little
> plastic sign-stake that identifies the plant and its growing conditions I
> found a smaller narrow stake.  The stake announced that the plant had been
> treat with  Neocon herbicides and this was all perfectly safe and legal
> according to the EPA.  Surprise, I then looked at the second plant (a
> ground cover) in the second pot and found the same stake.
>
> This is literally overkill. The first plant is a Japanese hybrid hosta. If
> you grow these plants you realize that they live almost forever and
> virtually no insect eats them.  I have a typical shady backyard with the
> usual populations of snails and slugs and they leave the hostas alone.  I
> wonder if I should return to Home Depot and see if every (most) of the
> annuals and perennials have been treated?  Perhaps other members of NAPPC
> might make visits and check their local franchises?
>
> Peter
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Kelly Rourke <kr at pollinator.org> wrote:
>
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>> orpyrifos-scott-pruitt.html
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