Environmental Earth News
OSPIRG Promotes
Alternatives to Pesticides
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hazelnut growers tn um * chemical aphid» ule* Fhe
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farmer* $.3(11, ( M U a year, redut ing their exptwure to
the aphk ule. an»1 helping tn pmtec t the
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Ihe success of this hu’logK al pest con,m l is one
example ol pc*tu ule um - redut turn that I *>1’IR( I
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( >rrynn Ihe report show ed that redut mg pesht ule
um - in (. begun i* tea*ihle aiul that further reduction*
m ulti he achieved if (lx- * bite adopt* policies that
prom ote anti t-»x ourage alternative* ,»»|x-*,u ide*
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The M any Problems w ith Pesticides
E m e**iy e u m - of pe*tu ule* ha* been linked to a
num ber of *eru»u* env ironm en,al anti public health
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I nvironm rntal Ki*k* A 1MHM *tu«i\ found that I»-**
than I" of |x-*,u ule* applied to crop* reath target
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to mo* e into »* o*y *tem*
contam inating land, air, anti water
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Worker I xposure. I armxvorker* suffer up to
ym imn ilhu-*M-* and m|uru*s a year from exp» »sure
to pestit ul»-* in tlx- United State* An I Oregon State
Lmversity *ttuly of ( Segon larms*orkt-r* ton» lotted
that worker* t<i farm* w here pe*ticule* are
regularly applied, wht-n com pared with worker* on
organu or transitional organu farm*, had a greater
num ber ol medic al *y mptom* ami work day * In*, to
illness, ami a greater num ber of overall *y mptom*
po**ibly related to pestu ule exposun-
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inM* t* that help »ontrol jx-*t* Agru ultural therm
tai* have been ufcnltluxl a* a leading threat to
grouruls*.iter quality in our Mate
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drinking water lor more than 75" ol all ( Wegoman*
Already pe*hode* have been detected in gnuirxl
water in eight I Vegan »»»untie*
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i isl’IR i. * report found that pe*tu ule um - redut tion
strategies are being used Io t onlrol agru ultural
pe*l* a* y*ell a* for hom e tx-s, tontrol anti tor
ground* maintenam e Organu farm ing and
integratixl pe*t m anagement (H'M ) are two nt the
mo*t effex tn e w ay * to reduce reliance on t hemit al
pestle ule*
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Benefits of reducing or e lim in a tin g pesticides
( Vg.tnu farmer* in ( Wegtm produce a w ule variety
o l l o o t ! i rop*. from apple* amt pear* to t ut umber*
anti cabbage A Willamette Valley farmer I III*
I lester. m ade llu- transition Io organu farm ing in
1MMM after he wa* oftert-d a higher pru e tor organu
t ut umber* from a Ituxl prote**or 11e*,er estimate*
he spent $30.1111 a year on pesticide* ami herbk uh-*
before he *w l i t l u s t to farming the organu way
C arpenler an,* are a t om m nn wo»xl infesting p-*t
in home* ami are usually treated by spraying one or
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OSPIRG’s Pesticide
Action Campaign
Get Involved!
ox »re synthetic chemicals in all exterior wall*, attu*.
traw l spate* and h.iM-boaril crack* Dan Stein, an
exterm inator in I ugene, ha* reduced hi* um - of
chemical* to control carpenter an,* by more than
Mr’ by ohM-rs ing tlx- |x-*t problem and *fx»t
treating the an, rx-*t site** Stein call* hi* appmac h
to pe*t control 'le a s ,,ox it p-*t control.' and ha*
found it to he efft-c tise
la w n and ground* m aintenance can involve
intensive t hem nal pesticide use In IVMI, approxi
mately’ h? milluxi pound* of inset tic ides, herbu ule*.
anti lungu ule* were p u in s l on L S lawn* Ihe
Park* Departnx-nl* in Portland am i I ugene have
both adopted integrated Pe*t M anagem ent (IPM)
p»»Inie* to rt-tlute the um - of peMit ule* ami
fertilizer* used to m aintain ground*
IPM i* a policy of pes, m anagem ent th.it i* based on
firs, study ing and defining the pe*t problem ami
then finding the lea*, toxic way to control the
problem Hie stale of < >regon ha* also adopted an
IPM policy to control pe*t* in state building* a n t i
grounds
( iSPIKl. found tfx.it while there are example* of
|x-*,u ule* use rtxlut tion throughout Oregon, these
prattii.es will no, Ix-torm- witlespre.nl until policies
are adopted hi prom ote and expand the use of
alternative* OSl’IRi , s Safe Drinking Water
( am paign offer* a com prehensive appro.u h to
prolix ting groundw ater from agru ultural chemit al
contam ination
Ihe l am paign platform tall* for expanding
information ay ailahle about pe*,u ule um -,
improving existing groundw ater cleanup program*,
ami identifying ami prom oting alternative* to
(x-*,nides OSPIRG i* organizing a statew ide
grass-root* campaign to build u tiz e n support for
tlx- platform to ensure tli.il the legislature adtlre**»-*
groundw ater and pestu ule* issues in the | wm ,3
session
\o u tan ge, invohed bv tonta» tmg Pamela Peck a,
231 -»ini m Portlaml ♦
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