APRIL 4TH, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR ― MEDIA RELEASE
RESPONSE TO GIDEON FORMAN
( Hired Gun, Illegal Lobbyist, Fund-Raiser, & Eco-Porn Film Star With Canadian Association Of Physicians For The Environment & Canadian Cancer Society )
POLICY FIX BLOG ( WINNIPEG, MANITOBA )
Forman Has No Expertise In Pest Control Products
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
A lawn pesticide ban is needed for cancer prevention. [ ?!?! ]
This statement follows a « mission accomplished » by anti-pesticide & environmental-terrorist organizations operating in the province of Manitoba.
At a press conference held on June 28th, 2013, Gideon Forman, along with government officials and activist co-conspirators, announced that the government of Manitoba will impose arbitrary and reckless prohibition against conventional pest control products used in the urban landscape.
The government of Manitoba preferred to somehow rely upon Gideon Forman and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment ( CAPE ) for so-called expertise on health and pest control products.
Forman was financially rewarded by Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment ( CAPE ) and Canadian Cancer Society ( CCS ) by conspiring to prohibit against pest control products in Manitoba.
Incredibly, Forman has no expertise in pest control products, but his background includes creative writing, as well as starring roles in eco-porn films for a European organization called Fuck For Forest.
In fact, Health Canada has the essential expertise on pest control products, and not Forman, and not CAPE.
Should the public trust Gideon Forman ?
No !
Forman Is Scientifically-Ignorant
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
Doctors say lawn and garden pesticides hurt our kids. [ ?!?! ]
Forman is wrong !
How did Forman arrive at the conclusion that products used by maintenance professionals somehow « hurt our kids » ?!?!
Was his assessment based upon his vast scientific knowledge of pest control products ?!?!
No !
Did Forman assess these products after spending time and money carefully studying their effects on health and environment ?!?!
No !
Is Forman, who is a mere fund-raiser for an anti-pesticide organization, competent to give any advice concerning these issues ?!?!
No !
Only Health Canada, and not Forman, has the essential expertise and credibility on pest control products.
Forman’s rants have clearly demonstrated that he is scientifically-ignorant.
Moreover, it is a fact that Forman possesses absolutely no training, background, or expertise in matters concerning pest control products.
Essentially, government officials understand that activists like Forman have huge vested interests in perpetuating imaginary dangers against pest control products because they are paid to do so.
Moreover, anti-pesticide activists like Forman are the least qualified to provide any advice concerning pest control products.
They are not credible experts on pest control products.
This problem with lack-of-activist-credibility reflects the overall larger problem with all anti-pesticide activists.
There are no anti-pesticide activists who are scientists or researchers with credentials in the field of pest control products.
None !
They are not competent to talk about pest control products.
Anti-pesticide activists like Forman know nothing about pest control products.
Forman Ignores The Fact That, With Pest Control Products, Our Kids Are Safe From Injuries
Forman is wrong !
Our kids are not being hurt by pest control products.
Unfortunately, anti-pesticide prohibition hurts our kids.
No one wants prohibition that places our kids at risk.
By saying yes to pest control products, our kids are safe from injuries.
With prohibition, green spaces become pest-infested dangerous garbage dumps.
With prohibition, playing surfaces become thin and yellow, and over-run with weeds and infested with insects, resulting in the dismal destruction of safe turf playing surfaces.
Prohibition cause hazardous slipping and tripping conditions in sports turf, and children become seriously hurt.
Pest control products prevent slipping injuries on sports turf.
Children need pest-free sports fields to avoid falling and hurting themselves.
Children need pest-free turf to avoid hurting themselves.
There are dozens of jurisdictions that have kept children safe by stopping or rescinding or limiting anti-pesticide prohibition, or by granting professional lawn care businesses with an exception status.
The trend against prohibition has continued again and again.
( See later segment. )
Forman’s Organization Violates Taxation Laws
Does Forman’s principal organization, CAPE, represent the nation’s doctors ?!?!
No !
It is ludicrous to believe that CAPE somehow represents the views of health care workers, such as physicians.
Overall, CAPE is not even a doctor’s organization.
CAPE does not operate as a physicians’ organization.
The vast majority of CAPE members are not even physicians.
In fact, CAPE represents an insignificantly small number of doctors.
CAPE merely represents less than 4 per cent of all doctors in Canada.
CAPE is a mere fund-raising, profit-seeking, and lobbying organization.
CAPE is not a science, not a research, not a physician, and not a health organization.
Nonetheless, CAPE and other organizations were recruited and paid-for-profit by the government of Manitoba to support the conspiracy to prohibit against pest control products.
CAPE and other organizations were paid with tax-free money, without paying a single penny in taxes.
In essence, CAPE is guilty of illegal interference in partisan politics and public policy.
Consequently, CAPE is guilty of violating taxation laws.
The public is directed to complain about CAPE by contacting business, fund-raising, government, and taxation agencies !
CAPE’s non-profit charity status must be investigated and hopefully revoked.
Forman Ignores The Fact That Pest Control Products Do Not Cause Cancer
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
There’s a simple measure Manitobans can take to reduce their risk of cancer ― urge the province to ban lawn and garden pesticides this spring. [ Wrong ! ]
A province-wide prohibition on non-essential pesticides would be a major contribution to cancer prevention. [ Wrong ! ]
Study after study suggests that people exposed to pesticides – including weed-killers and insecticides used outside the home ― are more likely to get cancer. [ Wrong ! Wrong ! Wrong ! ]
Forman is wrong !
Forman has no scientific proof that pest control products cause cancer.
In fact, there is not one known illness or death from the proper use of pest control products used in the urban landscape.
Forman has no basis to demand that the government of Manitoba impose reckless and arbitrary prohibition against pest control products used in the urban landscape, such as 2,4-D herbicide.
Even with the imposition of prohibition, we would still have issues with cancer, because there are more significant causes of cancer.
Perhaps if Forman’s CAPE were to prioritize its energies to the primary causes of cancer, such as life-style choices, lives would be saved.
Overwhelming scientific evidence proves that pest control products are scientifically-safe, cause no harm, and do not cause cancer.
For example, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) only lists the common pesticide 2,4-D in the same cancer risk category as pickled vegetables and cell phones.
And, just recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( US EPA ) conducted a review of the scientific literature and concluded that there was no evidence of a link between cancer and pest control products like 2,4-D.
And, also recently, Health Canada stated that 2,4-D does not cause cancer, indicating that …
… the toxicological database does not suggest a carcinogenic risk.
According to Dr Leonard Ritter, the nation’s leading expert in the field of toxicology and pesticide safety ―
Pesticides do not cause cancer, and there is no increase in cancer deaths in Canada when you consider that the population is aging and increasing.
According to Dr Keith R Solomon, the nation’s leading expert in the field of environmental biology, toxicology, and pesticide safety ―
There is no evidence of any causal link between pesticide use and cancer.
Even Canadian Cancer Society’s own web-sites state repeatedly that scientific research does not provide a conclusive link between pest control products and cancer.
Even some of Canadian Cancer Society’s highest-ranking lobbyists state that the connection between cancer and pest control products is not conclusive.
Forman Uses Studies That Are False
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
A study published [ in April 2006 ] in the journal of the Canadian Pediatric Society found that the common lawn pesticide 2,4-D « can be persuasively linked to cancers … » [ Wrong ! ]
Forman is wrong !
There are no pest control products that are known or probable carcinogens.
Pest control products do not cause cancer.
Gideon Forman is ridiculously implying that his non-expert assessment is somehow being withheld from Health Canada and every other regulatory agency in the world.
If Gideon Forman were not so scientifically illiterate, he would know that scientific research shows that, as reported through Health Canada’s vast toxicology database, no harm will occur when pest control products are applied properly in the urban landscape.
All pest control products have been evaluated for their carcinogenic potential.
Even Canadian Cancer Society’s own web-sites state repeatedly that scientific research does not provide a conclusive link between pest control products and cancer.
Scientific research proves that pest control products cause no harm and do not cause cancer.
Pest control products causing cancer is a myth.
Here are the facts about this April 2006 article ―
• the author may have just as well been Forman himself.
• the article was false and unscientific.
• the credited authors were personally allied with Gideon Forman.
• none of the authors had absolutely no affiliation with Canadian Paediatric Society.
• the authors had absolutely no competent expertise, recognized training, or background, in matters concerning pest control products.
• the authors focused only on the herbicide 2,4-D, and did not focus on all pest control products.
Canadian Paediatric Society has officially warned Gideon Forman to stop using this article since it is a false reference.
Forman Ignores The Von Stackelberg Study On 2,4-D Herbicide
Dr Katherine von Stackelberg is the leading expert in the field of environmental science and risk management, at E Risk Sciences and Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.
On February 1st, 2012, Dr von Stackelberg, released a report of a study that determined whether there was any validity to the suggestion from some epidemiologic studies that both 2,4-D and MCPA herbicides may be associated with an increased risk of non-hodgkins lymphoma ( NHL ), hodgkin’s disease, leukemia, and soft tissue sarcoma.
The 2012 von Stackelberg study on 2,4-D herbicide concluded ―
The combined evidence indicates it is highly implausible that exposure to 2,4-D and/or MCPA are associated with a risk of developing NHL or other lymphohematopoietic cancers.
The 2012 von Stackelberg study on 2,4-D herbicide was published in 2012 in a peer-reviewed scientific publication, the journal of toxicology.
Forman Uses Discredited, Radical, And Scientifically Ignorant Reports
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
The science is grim. [ ?!?! ]
For example, research [ i.e. anti-pesticide literature review ] done by the Ontario College of Family Physicians found that pesticide exposure is linked to cancers of the prostate, kidney, and pancreas. [ Wrong ! ]
Forman is wrong !
Ontario College of Family Physicians ( OCFP ) is a mere trade association.
OCFP is not a science, not a research, not a physician, and not a health organization.
OCFP is a discredited radical anti-pesticide organization that is indirectly operated as a partisan public information shield by Forman’s own organizations, like Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Canadian Cancer Society.
OCFP did not conduct a serious scientific research … it conducted a mere anti-pesticide literature review, and could only use those reports found in the open public literature.
OCFP was not even in « the information loop » on issues regarding pest control products, and did not avail itself to the extensive toxicology database that is available from Health Canada.
OCFP never even bothered to request to look at the toxicology database through a process that Health Canada refers to as the reading room.
The authors and reviewers of the bogus-OCFP-review were not only scientifically ignorant, they were lazy and stupid.
Among the authors and reviewers of the bogus-OCFP-review, there were doctors who were found guilty of professional mis-conduct over sexual activities, doctors whose license was suspended, and doctors who deny having reviewed the document.
There is a « growing body of evidence » that some the authors and reviewers of the bogus-OCFP-review were unethical and unprofessional.
According to one project team members of the bogus-OCFP-review, Cathy Vakil ―
It is computer-driven. You plug in the key words, and it spews out … collections of studies in a completely unbiased way. [ ?!?! ]
What did OCFP use as its reference studies ?
What did Vakil mean with the term « computer-driven » ?
Google and Wikipedia.
Big whoop !
In other words, the OCFP anti-pesticide literature review was conducted with a standard that was no better than a grade school project prepared by a 10-year-old student.
Additionally, the review was clearly biased since it was a cherry-picking of a mere 100 references out of the hundreds of thousands available in the extensive Health Canada toxicology database.
In fact, 2,4-D alone has been the subject of over 40,000 studies.
The OCFP anti-pesticide literature review is inarguably discredited.
The United Kingdom’s advisory panel on pesticides, a governmental regulatory body, cited « serious flaws » with the OCFP anti-pesticide literature review.
It cited points such as « failure » to take into account studies with results running contrary to OCFP, and examining exposure to pest control products in agricultural areas ― where they are allowed, and regularly used ― instead of domestic, urban areas.
Additionally, Health Canada stated that the « OCFP report is a review of epidemiology studies selected from the public scientific literature », and that it lacked sufficient scientific data.
Even Gideon Forman has basically admitted that the OCFP anti-pesticide literature review is bogus.
According to Forman ―
But let’s say it wasn’t. Why would you want to take the risk ? Why would you take that risk, when the only thing you are changing is the appearance of your lawn ?
The OCFP anti-pesticide literature review is inarguably discredited.
Indisputable and conclusive scientific research shows that, as reported through Health Canada’s vast toxicology database, no harm will occur when pest control products are used according to label directions.
The risk assessment of pest control products indicates that they are practically-non-toxic.
There is not one known illness or death from the proper use of pest control products used in the urban landscape.
Forman Recommends Green Alternative Pesticides That Are Dismal Failures
According to Gideon Forman’s blog in Policy Fix ―
But the good news is Manitobans can keep their properties beautiful without the use of cancer-causing chemicals. [ ?!?! ]
[ In other words, Manitobans can rely upon green alternative pesticides ?!?! ]
For example, in early spring they apply a natural corn-gluten product that prevents dandelions and crabgrass from germinating in the first place.
And if the odd weed does emerge, they remove it by hand or spot-spray with vinegar.
If they discover grubs, they control them with nematodes ― microscopic worms that kill grubs within 72 hours but leave plants, animals and people completely unharmed.
Forman is wrong !
With his severe lack of lawn care credentials, Gideon Forman wrongly promotes green alternatives pesticides.
Forman has wrongly assumed that alternatives are somehow safer and work as well as conventional products.
By definition, alternatives are inferior, which is why they did not win the market-place originally.
Alternative products are usually less tested as well, raising the prospect that they are not any safer or better than conventional products, and are, in fact, dismal failures.
Corn gluten meal herbicide, nematode insecticide, and vinegar herbicide do not work ― it would be better to do nothing rather than use these products.
Green alternative pesticides are bogus and dismal failures ― they do not work and they are not innovative products.
Forman’s rants have the effect of creating dangerous lawns and playgrounds maintained like garbage dumps since it is impossible for home-owners or professionals to keep their properties beautiful by using so-called green alternative pesticides.
Overall, green alternative pesticides are ineffective, inadequate, high-risk, more toxic, and stunningly expensive !
Fortunately, conventional pest control products are safe, effective, economical, and low-risk.
Forman Ignores The Fact That Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Government officials have seen what has been happening in eastern Canada, and western Canadian provinces will not legislate anti-pesticide prohibitions because they are not necessary !
There are real trends against prohibition across North America, with dozens of jurisdictions that are stopping or rescinding or limiting anti-pesticide prohibition, or granting professional lawn care businesses with an exception status.
The following jurisdictions stopped or rescinded or limited or opposed anti-pesticide prohibition, or granted professional lawn care businesses with an exception status ―
ALBERTA, Province of ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Stopped
ALTONA, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Opposed
ASHLAND, City of ( Oregon, USA ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded
BEAUMONT, Town of ( Alberta ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
BELLEVILLE, City of ( Ontario ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Province of ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Stopped ― Prohibition Not Recommended by Special Committee On Cosmetic Pesticides
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Province Of ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Stopped, Again ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
CALGARY, City of ( Alberta ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
CALGARY, City Of ( Alberta ) ― Existing Self-Imposed Prohibition Discarded
CAMPBELL RIVER, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Prohibition Extinguished
CHICAGO, City of ( Illinois, USA ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded
DURANGO, City of ( Colorado, USA ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
EDMONTON, City of ( Alberta ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
EVERETT, City of ( Washington, USA ) ― Existing Pesticide-Free Project Ended ― Spraying Weeds Resumed
GUELPH, City of ( Ontario ) ― Existing Prohibition Reversed
GUELPH-ERAMOSA, Township of ( Ontario ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded ― Road-Side Spraying Resumed
KAMLOOPS, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Total Prohibition Stopped ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
KELOWNA, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Total Prohibition Stopped ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
MERRITT, Town of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
NEW BRUNSWICK ( Province ) ― Imposed Provincial Prohibition Limited ― Permitted Active Ingredients, Except 2,4-D ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
NEWFOUNDLAND ( Province ) ― Existing Provincial Prohibition Reversed ― Road-Side Spraying Resumed ― Commercial Applicators Granted Exception Status
OGUNQUIT ( Maine ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
ONTARIO ( Province ) ― Provincial Prohibition Against Neonicotinoid Insecticides Stopped
PORT ALBERNI, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Rural Municipality of ( Manitoba ) ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Opposed
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ― Imposed Limited Provincial Prohibition ― Permitted Active Ingredients For Golf Industry
QUEBEC, Province of ― Imposed Limited Provincial Prohibition ― Permitted Active Ingredients
QUEBEC, Province of ― Existing Provincial Prohibition Invalidated ― Prohibition Defeated By Lawsuit
REGINA, City Of ( Saskatchewan ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped ― Prohibition Was Deemed Inappropriate
REGINA, City of ( Saskatchewan ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped, Again ― Prohibition Had No Support
REGINA, City Of ( Saskatchewan ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped, Again ― Prohibition Was Deemed Inappropriate
ROSSLAND, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
SAINT JOHN’S ( Newfoundland & Labrador ) ― Existing Prohibition Limited ― Proposed Road-Side Weed Control Prohibition Fizzled-Out
SALMON ARM, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
SCARBOROUGH, Town of ( Maine, USA ) ― Existing Prohibition Rescinded
STEINBACH, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Opposed
STUARTBURN ( Manitoba) ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Opposed
VERNON, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Proposed Prohibition Stopped
WINKLER, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Proposed Provincial Prohibition Opposed
Forman Is Wrong And Cannot Be Trusted !
Pest control products used in the urban landscape selectively and effectively control disease, insect, and weed pests, but are completely safe for other non-target organisms ― they do not injure turfgrasses, and have no persistence beyond season of use.
Who should we trust ?!?!
Gideon Forman, a hired gun, illegal lobbyist, fund-raiser, and eco-porn film star.
Or
The 350 educated expert independent scientists at Health Canada who evaluate all the existing evidence to determine whether pest control products meet stringent health and safety requirements.
A growing body of evidence shows that …
• Forman has no expertise, no training, and no background in matters concerning pest control products, but his background does include creative writing, as well as starring roles in eco-porn films.
• Forman ignores the fact that government officials are thinking twice before banning pesticides.
• Forman ignores the fact that pest control products do not cause cancer.
• Forman is not competent to give advice about pest control products.
• Forman knows nothing about pest control products.
• Forman is scientifically-ignorant or scientifically-illiterate.
• Forman is the least qualified to provide any credible advice concerning pest control products.
• Forman’s opinion is totally valueless and utterly worthless.
• Forman uses discredited, radical, and scientifically ignorant reports.
• Forman uses studies that are false.
In fact, Health Canada has the essential expertise on pest control products, and not Forman, and not CAPE, and not any of his organizations.
Should the public trust Gideon Forman ?
No !
For the EXTENDED VERSION of this response to Gideon Forman, go to the following link …
For the PDF VERSION of this response to Gideon Forman, go to the following link …
WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE AND NORAH G
NORAHG is the National Organization Responding Against HUJE that seek to harm the Green space industry.
NORAHG is a NATIONAL NON PROFIT NON PARTISAN organization that does not accept money from corporations or governments or trade associations, and represents NO VESTED INTERESTS WHATSOEVER.
NORAHG has archived information on The Pesticide Truths Web-Site …
THE PESTICIDE TRUTHS WEB-SITE – ARCHIVE OF REPORTS ( Home Page )
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
BEE-KEEPERS ARE KILLING BEES, AND NOT INSECTICIDES ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/bee-colony-collapse-disorder/
REAL TRENDS AGAINST PESTICIDE BANS ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/victories-against-terrorists/
ENEMIES LIST IN THE 9|11 ERA OF ANTI-PESTICIDE TERRORISM ( Report )
CARNAGE CREATED BY CATASTROPHIC ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Main Web-Page )
THE EXORBITANT COST OF PESTICIDE BANS ( Report )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/carnage-leading-to-stunningly-exhorbitant-costs/
ATTACKS AGAINST GOLF FACILITIES ( Report )
MYTHS ABOUT BANNING PESTICIDES – LEADING SCIENTIFIC HEALTH AND POLICY EXPERTS ( White Paper )
2,4-D HERBICIDE ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/24-d/
COMPLAINT CHANNELS – COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ANTI-PESTICIDE LUNATICS ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/complaint-channels/
PESTICIDE LINKS ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/pesticide-qa-links/
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF REPORTS & REFERENCES ( Web-Page )
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/table-of-contents/
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