Apparently there was a city email sent out to certain city departments about my comments last Tuesday during city council public testimony about the use of the Bayer pesticide Permanone. They were told that I basically wasn’t sharing the facts. First they claimed that the product was safe in low concentrations and when used properly, here is Bayer’s label, you determine how safe this stuff is.
While this is probably true, with any chemical, what is considered a ‘safe concentration’?
The email also said that Permanone is a pyrethroid that is made from Chrysanthemum derivatives. Yes, it is, SYNTHETIC derivatives (in other words a chemical rendition of a natural product) It’s kind of like saying they use real sour cream and onions in sour cream and onion potato chips. See, you can’t patent the makeup of natural plants unless you make a chemical synthetic makeup, and once you have a patent, BAM, the cashola rolls in. One of the main reasons there has been resistance to marijuana as medicine.
They also had an issue with me saying a natural alternative, BTI, a nasty little bacteria that eats larvae cannot be sprayed. It can;
If the pests persist, you can find BTI formulas in granular and spray form.Â
While I’m sure Permanone is safe in low concentrations and approved by the EPA, I am just not a fan of chemicals being sprayed all over the city because people are too dumb to protect themselves from mosquitos and using a little common sense when it comes to prevention. I also see that several high ranking managers and city directors have nothing better to do with their 6-figure salary time but to send out propaganda trying to disseminate my claims. I wish the Health Director would go back to doing more productive things, like handing out free condoms, because abortions are soon to get real expensive once congress cuts off funding to Planned Parenthood. And we are worried about West Nile. Geez.
They must be getting federal money for this little project, right? College kids driving Mosquito Control pickups around in the summer to count mosquitoes in traps and spray the city….
Agree with Slewfoot. I suspect our city is the manufacturer controlled test. Naturally, there will be no health effects. At least, none reported by Sanford Health. Somehow there’s a monetary handshake at both the mayor’s and hospitals level. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a disseminated email in the form of a city commandment.
My dads friend died from west nile. Right now spraying with this product is worth the risk until another product is found to be useful.
I would be open to city conducting a study into trying other products.