Early day motion re Clopyralid

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Early day motion re Clopyralid
« on: December 06, 2009, 20:29 »
I have just had a reply from Dan Norris MP in respect of the Early Day Motions 1996 and 1999. The reply that deals with Aminopyralid has nothing new to say.

However, I was completely taken aback by his comments on Clopyralid; "there have been no substantiated incidents involving clopyralid".
Even I know that Gardening Which was testing an organic liquid fertiliser from B&Q when they spotted the telltale distorted foliage of the plants treated with this fertiliser. Subsequent independent laboratory testing showed the presence of Clopyralid, which has now been confirmed by further tests done by B&Q.
Does anyone know of other substantiated incidents involving Clopyralid that I can quote in my reply to the Minister?

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Re: Early day motion re Clopyralid
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 12:10 »
There are links to information on this herbicide and its capacity to damage crops at http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/soilmgmt/Clopyralid.htm, http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/2030/3153.pdf, http://www.jgpress.com/BCArticles/2001/070125.html, http://www.grrn.org/dow/compost_council_08-24-01.html, http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Clopyralid-Composting-Dow.htm and http://lincoln.ne.gov/city/pworks/waste/sldwaste/recycle/orgwaste/compost/clopyral/facts.htm. The US experience was extremely dramatic in the early part of this century. The composting industry in some western states ground to a halt.
If an MP doesn't see that a widely available and widely used product is a menace to compost users, he must have extremely limited powers of logic.

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