re: ladybug law

Dear all,
        to get good info on whats happening with regards to biological 
control including ladybugs, nematodes etc with regards to the law and 
environmental concerns etc check out "Biologically Based Technologies for 
Pest Control" published by The Congress of the United States, Office of 
Technology Assessment. I assume you would be able to get something like that 
from your local library. They list mail order info it costs $14 and the 
phone number is (202)512-1800. Its an interesting document pointing out 
potential problems with agents such as Bt (somebody mentioned this last 
week)as weel as problems with converting biocontrol from research into 
something we all use.


Simone Clark
Canberra Australia
simoner@ento.csiro.au>
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>Nell said - 
><< proposed regulation that would have pretty much shut down the beneficial
>insect business.  But a mini-firestorm of protest from the businesses
>involved and from organic growers got it revised to something reasonable.  It
>wasn't the EPA itself but a division of the Ag department, I think.>>
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>Good grief.  Well, there are always at least two sides to an issue...Do you
>know what the concern was?  I mean, to propose something that unpopular must
>have had some reasoning behind it.  The only thing I can think of that might
>be of concern would be beneficials that were a little bit too successful and
>might displace rarer species in natural systems, ....insect or nematode
>pseudacoruses.  Or maybe some kind of cost sharing that excluded beneficials
>in favor of chemical control if it was USDA.
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>Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com
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