Re: Cult: Benlate/Benomyl was... Spots and Holes on TB

Libby wrote:
 
"I have purchased a packet of Terimycin powder from Omaha Vaccine Co.
and plan to mix that with water to use for leaf spot this year, I've
been told this is effective, but haven't had time to try it yet."

It is absolutely essential that we use any antibiotics sparingly and
only when there is not alternative.  It might even be better to throw
the plant away and try another variety.  Deaths from bacteria that are
resistant to all known antibiotics are increasing.  This is largely
because of mis-use, particularly over-subscription by doctors.  Ontario
has had some serious scares lately when hospitals have been required to
close admissions patients and isolate wards in order to contain
outbreaks.  As many of these cases are traced to patients that were
treated recently in a US hospital, there has even been discussion of
isolating all patients transfered from the US in order to contain the
problem.

I did a study some time ago on the feeding of excess amounts of
antibiotics to piglets in Quebec, a major pig breeding area.  The result
is antibiotics in all of the water systems in the drainage area and
antibiotic resistant salmonella.  The latter have lead to deaths of
older people in retirement homes in both Quebec and England (the latter
from eating veal treated the same way).

This comment is not intended to scare people, just to ask for caution.

Ian
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