EPA Acts on Stinkbug Emergency

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cynthia of MD 3:45PM April 17, 2012

The stink bugs are in South Carolina, I have hundreds on my screens now. I sprayed one with straight vinegar and it died.

Ella Gainer of SC 3:59PM October 13, 2011

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DemoXRU of VA 7:25PM September 25, 2011

Reporter must be a Monsanto employee. Paul, where is the balance in reporting? Prolly the same place the environment will be as a result of using neurotoxins which become systemic in the plant and kill bees and other pollinators. The "lethal insecticide" is a Neonicotinoid class insecticide designed to short circuit the central nervous system of insects. The use of this class of insecticide EPA is now approving for stink bug eradication was restricted due to a probabilistic connection to honey-bee colony collapse disorder. Paul, you forgot to mention the water fall effect of the use of this insecticide to pollinators that are responsible for the fruit being available in the first place. Get rid of the pollinators and you stop the production of fruit. Duh!

D00de of OK 9:42AM July 17, 2011

Check out DDT reports , at "junkscience.com", or dozens of other sites unaffected by mind numbing Environmentalist Theology.

. The DDT ban, born of Rachel Carson’s hysteria, has cost the lives of tens of millions of people - mostly children. DDT saved millions of lives during World War II. And despite decades of testing DDT has never been shown to have any ill effects on humans. If our leaders could have summoned the political will to use DDT in the one New York county that was infected with West Nile Virus in 1999 we might have been able to stop the spread of the deadly virus to the rest of North America. Now, this killer disease is with us forever - annually killing millions of mammals and birds, and dozens of people. More death and destruction each year than DDT has ever caused (even in the minds of eco-zealots).

Admittedly, some resistance to DDT took place in selected mosquito strains. However, this was the result of widespread agricultural use - not as a result of vector control. Resistance testing can be done in problem areas and DDT or another pesticide may be used if DDT resistance is found. Pesticides can be use in an alternating fashion to prevent resistance.

Recently, Dr. Samuel Koffi Moise, head of Malaria Control in West Africa's Ivory Coast told international news agencies that, nearly 200 children die every day in his country of malaria. He further remarked, that more than nets, "...we need pesticides like DDT."

Furthermore, in his recent book, "An Excellent Powder", Donald Roberts, professor of tropical medicine at the U.S. military's Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and Richard Tren, head of lobby group Africa Fighting Malaria, argue that DDT is the only effective weapon against the deadly mosquito-borne parasite.

Professor Roberts states, "There are an almost endless list of claims that DDT causes one kind of harm or another but ... with each claim, the evidence that the DDT is the cause is simply not there."

It should be noted here that the inventor of DDT, Paul H. Muller , won the 1948 Noble Prize in Medicine. Why? Because DDT has saved more lives than any other chemical invention in history.

During World War II thousands of U.S. soldiers dosed themselves regularly with the "excellent powder" to prevent vector born disease and entire cities in Asia and Europe were spayed to prevent epidemics - millions of lives were saved by this practice. No human harm has ever been noted.

Finally, anyone may go to "The Lies of Rachel Carson" or "DDT: A case Study In Scientific Fraud"- for further information on the beginnings of the DDT/Environmentalist hysteria that has now grown into the State Religion of Western Civilization.... Environmentalism.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 10:57PM July 15, 2011

most effective insecticides have been outlawed.

Enjoy the stink of Environmentalism run amok.

Someone please send Lisa Jackson and Ken Salazar a box of these things - Sitnkers belong together.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 10:27PM July 15, 2011

Im not sure when these stinkers decide to come out but we have only had about 10 inside everyone we find are dead no clue as to what killed them but we had some small like wasps flying around and now we see many stinkers dead? And for the first time in a very long time we actually had a green stink bug on our screen door and I refused to kill him.I,can deal with those more than what we dealt with last year but your are right we need help with the home and around the house!!

Paula of MD 6:55PM July 06, 2011

Last year we had a major infestation of the sting bugs under the corner molding of a second floor dormer. We got out a garden hose and srayed under the board until the rotten portion of the board fell off and thousands upn thousands of the bugs flew out of the wall of the house. I have never seen so many of one kind of bugs in my life. The area was repaired but I do not know if the bugs came back. It was like out of a Hicthkock movie. They were trying to get all over us and boy can they fly. We defineately need to fix this. Oh yes they got into the house as well.

Gary of PA 4:16AM July 05, 2011

Thanks for a little relief. However, let's get a long term solution to this rapidly growing epidemic. Also a household solution would be greatly, greatly appreciated. We are being overun. Our family time includes catching stink bugs in our house and putting them in a water bottle. Some evenings up to 30 can be caught in one room alone! Keep working HARD on this!

Lazlo of PA 9:16AM July 02, 2011

As usual, too little too late. No only has the EPA caused this infestation with their rules on "friendly" pesticides/insecticides, its also caused the bed bug problem as well. People will one day wake up and realize that environmentalism is making our lives a living hell.

Kirath of NJ 7:30PM July 01, 2011

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