The Department of Primary Industries in Victoria has set up a section of
their website to deal with the locust plague, with emphasis on the use of
chemicals to control them:
http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/plague-locust
s
There is a specific section providing information on the chemicals:
http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/plague-locust
s/chemical-information
Interestingly, when you go to this section (which includes a tool for
calculating the amount of chemicals you would need to spray your farm) it
says, "DPI on behalf of the State of Victoria and its employees does not
expressly or impliedly endorse or recommend the chemical products referred
to in this tool."
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Colin R
Sent: Friday, 24 September 2010 7:45 AM
To:
Subject: Spraying for Locusts - RFI
Hi
Does anyone have any idea of the impact of spraying thousands of litres
of poison on 6 trillion grasshoppers? Should we be concerned? It maybe a
really naive question to which the only answer may be "of course we
freaking should be!!" but I'm curious - does anyone know anything about
the chemicals that will/are being used? Everyone seems to be casually
planning this but there doesn't seem to be any opinions re any possible
damage to the environment or the wildlife. I know the farmers are God
Almighty here and the economy certainly would take a hit if the crops
were decimated, but I'd be interested to know what the 'side effect'
damage might
be....
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Colin Reid
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Colin Reid
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