In the City of Toronto, Ontario …
In Ontario, the PESTICIDE BAN, coupled with last winter’s relatively warm temperatures, has caused the WHITE GRUB problem to EXPLODE.
Without pesticides, lawns been DESTROYED ― eaten alive from below by WHITE GRUBS, and torn to bits from above by the skunks and raccoons that prey on them.
Because of the PESTICIDE BAN, what used to be 250-DOLLAR YEARLY PAY-OUT to MAINTAIN an average-sized lawn can now run as high as 600-dollars., and over 1,000-DOLLARS to RENOVATE a lawn that is already destroyed.
Because of the PESTICIDE BAN, only the RICH ELITE can afford Professional Lawn Care.
May 26th, 2012
The Toronto Sun
Province of Ontario
Selected and Adapted Excerpts
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION Destroyed Public and Residential Green Spaces by Turning Them Into GARBAGE DUMPS.
No One Wants To Live In #@!!% Pest-Infested Garbage Dumps.
Doug Cotton’s lawn has been DESTROYED ― eaten alive from below by WHITE GRUBS, and torn to bits from above by the skunks and raccoons that prey on them.
Cotton, a 48-year-old fire-fighter, will be FORCED TO SPEND OVER 1,000 DOLLARS to have the front lawn of his Scarborough bungalow DUG UP AND REPLACED.
He’s not the only one.
Cotton is just following in the foot-steps of SEVERAL OF HIS NEIGHBOURS who have either done the same, or are planning to.
He LAYS BLAME at the feet of the Government of Ontario and its sweeping PESTICIDE BAN enacted in 2009.
The PESTICIDE BAN leaves home-owners like as Cotton to rely on the MORE TIME-CONSUMING AND MORE EXPENSIVE ORGANIC METHODS of dealing with WHITE GRUBS.
WHITE GRUBS are tiny, worm-like beetle larvae that pupate under the lawn, and FEED ON THE ROOTS OF GRASS.
Cotton tried the GREEN ALTERNATIVE PESTICIDE ― sperm-sized, grub-killing worms called NEMATODES ― but with LITTLE SUCCESS.
Cotton used to have a lush, green front lawn that is now a dry cracked square bed of dirt.
Now, Cotton wakes daily to new pits dug in his by the claws of urban wildlife in search of food.
According to Cotton ―
I’m ready to RIP THE WHOLE THING UP ― at my cost ― thanks to this BAN.
I would just like to enjoy my home and have a nice lawn.
I’m here, a single wage earner, and after my property taxes, there is not much left, and now I have to spend how much more just to maintain a home that looks good ?
The PESTICIDE BAN, which replaced already-existing municipal restrictions, forbids the use of pest control products in the Urban Landscape.
EXCEPTIONS to the PESTICIDE BAN include golf courses, forestry, and specialty turf for activities such as lawn bowling, and sports fields hosting national and international events.
The ban, says landscaper Kyle Tobin, has made it far more time consuming and expensive for homeowners to maintain healthy lawns.
Because of the PESTICIDE BAN, what used to be 250-DOLLAR YEARLY PAY-OUT to MAINTAIN an average-sized lawn can now run as high as 600-dollars., and over 1,000-DOLLARS to RENOVATE a lawn that is already destroyed.
Because of the PESTICIDE BAN, only the RICH ELITE can afford Professional Lawn Care.
According to Tobin, the PESTICIDE BAN, coupled with last winter’s relatively warm temperatures, has caused the WHITE GRUB problem to EXPLODE.
Weed and grub issues are WORSE THAN WE’VE EVER SEEN … and a big part of that is the provincial ban and the preceding municipal ban.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP.
[ And ] the organic products we have CAN’T BE COMPARED [ to conventional pesticides ].
It is NOT THE SAME THING, and they DON’T HAVE THE SAME RESULTS.
Tobin added that ingredients in some of the banned pesticides are still being used to treat food and in flea repellent for pets.
PROHIBITION CARNAGE In the City of Toronto, Ontario
Newmarket is a town located 25 kilometres north of the City of Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto has been INFESTED with weed and insect pests.
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, Toronto’s Green Spaces have been RUINED by weeds, and DESTROYED by White Grubs called European Chafer.
White Grubs
White Grubs are larvae that attack the roots of turfgrasses, creating damage that first appears as drought stress, eventually causing death in large irregular patches.
They also attract SKUNK AND RACCOONS that dig-up, or shred, turf like roto-tillers.
There are several types of White Grubs that damage RESIDENTIAL and COMMERCIAL LAWNS ―
● Bluegrass Billbug
● European Chafer
● May-June Beetle
● Japanese Beetle.
White Grubs also damage GOLF COURSE FAIRWAYS and ROUGH ―
● Black Turfgrass Ataenius
● European Chafer
● May-June Beetle
● Japanese Beetle.
One type of White Grubs damages GOLF COURSE PUTTING GREENS and TEEING GROUNDS ―
● Annual Bluegrass Weevil.
History of the European Chafer
Of all the types of White Grubs, European Chafer has been historically VERY DESTRUCTIVE.
In 1940, in the State of New York, the European Chafer was officially identified as a turfgrass pest.
It was accidentally introduced from the Orient and Europe.
Forty years later, in 1980, it reached the Niagara Peninsula in South-Western Ontario.
Its rampage continued across the Greater Toronto Area throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1997, William H. Gathercole first reported its spread in Montreal, Quebec.
By 2001, this insect had also spread across several states of the North-Eastern U.S.
In 2001, Mr. Gathercole also first identified the insect in the Pacific North-West, in New Westminster, British Columbia, while local experts and entomologists were somehow baffled about an insect pest that had created a well-documented ECOLOGICAL DISASTER in Urban Landscapes throughout Eastern North America.
Additionally, Mr. Gathercole exhaustively investigated the introduction of this pest into British Columbia and Quebec.
In both cases, the European Chafer was imported by contaminated nursery sod products originating from grower locations in the Province of Ontario.
Nematodes Do Not Provide Acceptable Control
Turf Managers, Government Officials, as well as the public at large, may be under the MISTAKEN IMPRESSION that there exists a vast array of biological-natural-ecological PRODUCTS and PRACTICES for controlling White Grubs.
Overall, these PRODUCTS and PRACTICES DO NOT PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE CONTROL against White Grubs.
Sadly, the promotion of these BOGUS PRODUCTS and PRACTICES was INFLUENTIAL when some jurisdictions IMPOSED PROHIBITION against the use of pest control products in the Urban Landscape.
One example of a BOGUS PRODUCT is Entomo-Pathogenic Nematode Insecticides.
Nematodes Suppress But Do Not Control
Nematode Insecticides are NOT viable, efficacious, or economical GREEN ALTERNATIVES to replace conventional insect control products.
Overall, Nematode Insecticides are DISMAL FAILURES since they merely SUPPRESS BUT DO NOT CONTROL insect pests of turf.
Nematode Insecticides CANNOT be consistently considered as true alternatives to conventional insecticides, since the insect pests are often only SUPPRESSED, BUT NOT CONTROLLED.
Laboratory and field tests indicate that even the most highly-rated Nematode species are only MARGINALLY EFFECTIVE in controlling insect infestations.
On the other hand, several conventional pest control products will FULLY AND EFFECTIVELY CONTROL INSECT PESTS, such as imidacloprid ( Merit ) and carbaryl ( Sevin ).
Better To DO NOTHING Rather Than Use Nematodes
In order to VALIDATE PROHIBITION, Anti-Pesticide Government Officials and Activists had somehow assured the public that safe, effective, and affordable Green Alternatives, like Nematode Insecticides, were already available to replace conventional pest control products.
They were WRONG !
There are NO viable, efficacious, economical, or low-risk alternatives to replace conventional pest control products.
In those jurisdictions where PROHIBITION has been IMPOSED, it would be preferable for the home-owner, or Professional Lawn Care company, TO DO NOTHING rather than use Nematode Insecticides.
Public and residential Green Spaces will simply become GARBAGE DUMPS.
Nematodes Provide Unacceptable Control
Nematodes Insecticides will kill NO MORE THAN FIFTY TO SIXTY-FIVE PER CENT of the damaging insect population, which is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Some Nematode species are even TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE CONTROL, with SUPPRESSION levels AS LOW AS TWENTY-FIVE TO FORTY PER CENT.
Some reports have indicated that, under ideal conditions, some Nematode Insecticides MAY BE AS EFFECTIVE as some conventional insecticides.
However, this comparison was made with conventional insecticides like chlorpyrifos, which DOES NOT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE CONTROL White Grubs.
University of Guelph ― Nematodes Marginally Effective
Research conducted at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute has shown NEMATODES TO BE MARGINALLY EFFECTIVE IN CONTROLLING INFESTATIONS
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture ― Nematodes Marginally Effective
According to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in a Factsheet on Lawn Maintenance ―
Apply beneficial Nematodes for the MARGINAL CONTROL of European Chafer and Japanese Beetle larva.
Art Drysdale ― Nematodes Do Not Work
Art Drysdale is the nation’s best-known celebrity horticulturist, plant expert, writer, speaker, radio and television broadcaster.
According to Drysdale ―
NEMATODES DO NOT WORK, and I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM.
Currently, Nematodes have NOT BEEN WIDELY-ADOPTED for use by the turf industry because of their HIGH COST and because the environmental conditions necessary to guarantee the success of the Nematode treatments RARELY EXIST.
In addition to all of this, Nematode insecticides are NOT REGISTERED as pest control products in Canada.
Neither the federal nor the provincial governments have officially scheduled or classified Nematode insecticides as a pest control product.
Consequently, there is NO OBLIGATION on the part of the manufacturer to divulge a full range of safety information such as human toxicity and environmental impact, which is the case with conventional pest control products.
This information will eventually be required, not just concerning the Nematodes themselves, but also for the SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA that they carry.
It is inevitable that the failure to regulate Nematode products will eventually create a public relations problem.
It will not be taken for granted for very long that an organism that is defined as INFECTIVE will require the need for more safety information in order to justify its status as reduced-risk.
Additionally, the failure to regulate Nematode products appears to be in direct contravention of the federal definition of a pest control product ( or pesticide ), as interpreted by the federal Pest Control Products Act.
THE WISDOM OF DRYSDALE, ART C. – CELEBRITY EXPERT HORTICULTURIST ( Web-Page )
Nematode Insecticides Not Considered As Effective Products
Nematode Insecticides CANNOT be consistently considered as a true alternative to conventional insecticides, since insect pests, like White Grub larvae, are only SUPPRESSED AND NOT CONTROLLED by Nematodes.
Furthermore, not every species of Entomo-Pathogenic Nematodes will be equally effective against a particular insect pest.
Laboratory and field tests tend to indicate that the BEST species of Nematodes provide only SUPPRESSION, BUT NOT CONTROL, where up to fifty to sixty-five per cent of the damaging insect population may be killed.
Other Nematode species have been shown to provide INEFFECTIVE CONTROL, with SUPPRESSION levels as low as twenty-five to forty per cent.
In fact, even conventional insecticides have provided varying levels of control.
Based upon the review of research reports and practical field experience, here is a summary of the EXPECTED PRODUCT EFFICACY for the control of White Grubs ―
● imidacloprid ( Merit )
75 to 85 per cent
preventive only
conventional insecticide
● carbaryl ( Sevin )
75 per cent
preventive or curative
conventional insecticide
● diazinon ( Basudin )
50 to 65 per cent
preventive or curative
conventional insecticide
NOT CONSIDERED AS AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT
● chlorpyrifos ( Dursban )
40 per cent
preventive or curative
conventional insecticide
NOT CONSIDERED AS AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT
● Entomo-Pathogenic Nematode Insecticides
25 to 65 per cent
preventive only
green alternative insecticide
NOT CONSIDERED AS EFFECTIVE PRODUCTS
For the original copy of this Force Of Nature Report, go to the following link …
Here are previous reports about CATASTROPHIC CARNAGE, just in case you missed them …
CARNAGE CAUSED BY CATASTROPHIC ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO BAN FAILURES – FAILURE OF ORGANIC PESTICIDE-FREE MAINTENANCE ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO BAN FAILURES – FAILURE OF ORGANIC PESTICIDE-FREE MAINTENANCE – MORE DETAILS ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO BUSINESS FAILURES – ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION DESTROYED THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO CHILDREN AT RISK OF SUFFERING INJURIES – CHILDREN ARE NOT AT RISK WITH PESTICIDES ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO DEATH – MAN DIES BECAUSE OF PROHIBITION – ONTARIO – 2011 07 10 ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES – WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN #@!!% PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS ?!?! ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Photo Gallery )
CARNAGE LEADING TO HEALTH PROBLEMS ( Report & Reference )
CARNAGE LEADING TO HORRIFIC FINES & LIFETIME BANS ( Web Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO HORRIFIC FINES – ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN – 2012 05 14 ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO MIS-USE OF PESTICIDES – PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE – KILLEX FOR SALE TO EVERYONE ( Report )
CARNAGE — SUN-SETTING — 2011 10 06 — 2011 VOTE — MCGUINTY'S ONTARIO — WARNINGS ABOUT SUN-SETTING CARNAGE ( Report )
CARNAGE — SUN-SETTING — 2010 08 11 — INDUSTRY STRIKES BACK — ONTARIO OFFICIALS OFFICIALLY WARNED ( Report )
CARNAGE — SUN-SETTING — 2011 10 06 — CARD — ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY — R.I.P. ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS OF MAINTENANCE FOR MUNICIPALITIES – WHO CAN AFFORD THIS #@!!% BAN NONSENSE ?!?! ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE — THINK TWICE BEFORE BANNING PESTICIDES — MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE — MANITOBA — ONTARIO — HIGHLAND PARK — 2012 03 06 ( Report )
CARNAGE — THINK TWICE BEFORE BANNING PESTICIDES — MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE — MANITOBA — ONTARIO — HIGHLAND PARK — 2012 03 06 ( Reference )
Here are previous reports about NEMATODE INSECTICIDES, just in case you missed them …
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2012 08 07 — CARNAGE — GARBAGE DUMP — TOUGH ON LAWNS ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2011 09 10 — LETTER TO THE EDITOR — HODGINS — FAILURE — RESPONSE
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2011 08 25 — LETTER TO THE EDITOR — PAKISTAN — WESTERN CANADA TURFGRASS ASSOCIATION ( WCTA ) — RESPONSE
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2011 02 10 — BOGUS — ONTARIO BROCHURE ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2011 01 23 — WISDOM OF DRYSDALE — DO NOT WORK ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 09 20 — BOGUS — EFFECTIVENESS ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 09 06 — BOGUS — TARGET INSECTS — MODE OF ACTION ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 08 16 — BOGUS — REGULATORY FAILURE ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 08 11 — STRIKES BACK — POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 07 00 — BOGUS — NO RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT — PAM CHARBONNEAU ( UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ) ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 02 24 — BOGUS — ONTARIO REGULATORY MANAGEMENT ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 01 17 — A LOOK AT — CRITICAL ISSUES — PART 1 ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2010 02 05 — A LOOK AT — CRITICAL ISSUES — PART 2 ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2009 04 00 — BOGUS — MANUFACTURERS — LOWES ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — GREEN ALTERNATIVE — NEMATODE INSECTICIDE — 2008 01 07 — BOGUS — LIST OF REDUCED-RISK PRODUCTS ( Report )
NORAHG has archived more information on The Pesticide Truths Web-Site …
THE PESTICIDE TRUTHS WEB-SITE
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
VICTORIES AGAINST TERRORISTS ! – TREND TOWARDS PESTICIDE BANS HAS STOPPED ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES – WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN #@!!% PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS ?!?! ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Photo Gallery )
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