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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 28, 2015 11:15:57 GMT -5
As a VN vet., USMC, I can assure you AO is deadly. Not used so much during my tour of duty or in my area of deployment but used extensively in many other areas. I remember when AO was used so freely in raids over Vietnam, and the "head in the sand" attitude of the VA and health officials as to the dangers it posed, even when returning Vets became ill. That stuff, along with WP, was just deadly. I suspect one of the neighbors is using something toxic on grapevines growing up on the chain link fence on the property border as well as on the stockade fence in his yard. I saw parched, paled, and shriveled leaves on the vines at the top, and suspect he just zapped them with something. Now I'll have to replan my garden for that area as I certainly don't want anything edible by his section. Or maybe I should just replant the black locusts to that area. As to lawns, I am so tired of people who refuse to educate themselves about the dangers of spraying. I don't see that the lawn sprays do anything except allow for a deeper shade of green and require more mowing. What sends shivers up my spine is seeing animals moseying around after spraying or children out playing on the lawn.
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Post by johng44 on May 28, 2015 11:32:24 GMT -5
Big money talks and the EPA listens..damn the torpedoes full speed ahead! Can't get their head out of the dirt or the money bag. SAD.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 28, 2015 12:08:03 GMT -5
John, that's so, so, so unfortunately true.
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Post by gakaren on May 28, 2015 12:55:41 GMT -5
2. 4D has only been approved in certain areas by the EPA....so check your local area.
And my DH is a VN Vet who is suffering some of the effects of AO! He did 3 tours in Nam!
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Post by gakaren on May 28, 2015 12:57:59 GMT -5
Actually, it is mostly Congress that is listening to the big money and they keep cutting funds for EPA....so check & see how the Congress persons you have voted for have voted on EPA funding....that will tell the story!
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Post by johng44 on May 31, 2015 16:14:19 GMT -5
Like money in the bank!
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