[SoWestLep] Mexico expands monarch butterfly habitat

[Paul Cherubini]

Patrick Foley wrote:

> You seriously want to claim that aerial spraying kills only the target species?
> Let's not argue about the obvious.

Professor Gochfeld said the aerial spraying is "DEVASTATING to
butterflies and other non-target species" That's a very strong and
frightening statment to make to the general public. 

> > Pat Foley wrote:
> >
> > > It is simply not true that ecologists are fudging their data, lying
> > > about their conclusions or intentionally misleading the public.
> >
> > Pat, with regard to misleading the public, how do you feel about
> > the following NABA article about the impact of mosquito
> > spraying over New York City?
> > http://www.naba.org/wnvirus.html In that article the
> > professor -medical doctor author states:
> >
> > "The seductiveness of aerial pesticide spraying, devastating to butterflies
> > and other non-target species, and frightening and potentially harmful to
> > many humans, should be the last, not the first, approach to controlling
> > disease spread."
> >
> > The problem here is that I don't believe the Professor can bring any
> > scientific references to the table to back up the claim mosquito spraying
> > is typically "devastating to butterflies and other non-target species".
> > If no scientific evidence is available to back up that claim, then
> > it seems to me the Professor IS misleading the public.
> >
> > Paul Cherubini
> >
> >
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