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Re: Fwd: sign at Home Depot about "safe" neonicotinoids

sorry everybody. the photo said "Treated with Neonicotinoids..These pesticides are approved by the EPA."  The sign was inserted in what looked like a flat of succulents. 
Carolyn.
On Mar 27, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Doug Green wrote:

> My understanding is that photos are stripped out at the server level.  One
> of those anti-spam things.
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Friday, March 27, 2015, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <
> thehoosiergardener@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> no photos attached.
>> 
>> jems
>> 
>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:34 PM, Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated13@gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> 
>> About 10 days ago, a friend showed me the following photos which had been
>> taken at a local Home Depot store. I was disturbed at the use of the word
>> "approved" which, as we know, doesn't mean "tested and found safe." My
>> understanding is that many pesticides that the EPA approves for sale have
>> not in fact been tested. But customers are going to see this sign and think
>> that neonicotinoids are safe.
>> Carolyn Ulrich, Chicago
>>> 
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