This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------01EB96872181966E705F5832 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cecil Bird Club member Susan Peterson has alerted our club to a potential new pesticide threat to birds - an application for EPA approval of a new pesticide known as chlorfenapyr. I apologize if you are already aware of this, but if you don't know about it, please read on. The American Bird Conservancy is leading a campaign to keep chlorfenapyr from being approved, because it has extremely high reproductive toxicity in birds and other wildlife. It sounds like this stuff could be the next DDT-type disaster. The excerpt below is from the ABC's "What's New" web site at http://www.abcbirds.org/whatsnew.htm; more information can be found on the ABC website at http://www.abcbirds.org/_borders/chlorf.htm and at http://www.abcbirds.org/_borders/timeline.htm Please consider writing to Carol Browner, EPA Administrator, and to Senator John Breaux (D LA) (e-mail addresses below) to voice your concerns. <<<The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced April 30, 1999, that it would not grant a full registration to American Cyanamid for the cotton pesticide chlorfenapyr (brand names Pirate and Alert). The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) leads the opposition to this pesticide, which has a half-life of one or more years in soil, as well as high reproductive toxicity to birds and other wildlife. Chlorfenapyr has been characterized by EPA as "one of the most reproductively toxic pesticides to avian species that Environmental Fate and Effects Division has evaluated." Although full registration (section 3) of chlorfenapyr has not been granted, EPA is considering the possibility of again granting state-by-state emergency exemptions but under "very severe use restrictions." The Agency has approved such exemptions over the past four years in several states. American Cyanamid however, objects to the limited conditions of emergency exemptions and is pressing EPA to reverse its position. Some members of Congress primarily from cotton growing states support Cyanamid’s bid for full registration. Because of this, ABC is again calling for those who oppose registration of chlorfenapyr to send letters to EPA asking that they protect birds and other wildlife by denying ALL chlorfenapyr registrations. Letters of continuing opposition to registration and public support for EPA’s current position can be e-mailed to: EPA Administrator Carol Browner at browner.carol@epa.gov and to Senator John Breaux (D LA) who supports registration senator@breaux.senate.gov>>> Marcia Watson-Whitmyre Cecil County --------------01EB96872181966E705F5832 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Marcia Watson-Whitmyre Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Marcia Watson-Whitmyre n: Watson-Whitmyre;Marcia org: University of Delaware adr: 234 Hullihen Hall;;University of Delaware;Newark;Delaware;19716;USA email;internet: mww@udel.edu title: Assistant Director for Academic Policies Administration tel;work: 302-831-6656 tel;fax: 302-831-8745 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------01EB96872181966E705F5832--