Farmers should explore Toxaphene alternatives
COLLEGE PARK, Md. wildlife and the environment in the older insecticides, Heilman
Despite a 1982 federal order general. There was also an ac- commented. And even more ef- After , *** e h . on * y ct> n 9“’ in -^ii
banning its manufacture for sale in cumulation of scientific data in- fectivepyrethrinsareontheway. restricted aUoweWe use for .
the United States, toxaphene will cheating that toxaphene might in preparation for the post-1983 tomphene appheabk to Mid*
still be available to Mid-Atlantic cause health problems for humans, era, Heilman recommends that Atlantic area fanners willbe for specif from stete
area farmers during 1983 for its Adjusting to the alternatives 'farmers try some Pydrin or cmitrolling mange, a mite m
traditional labeled ues as a cheap, available for toxaphene may prove Lorsban to control cutworms in no- festafaoii on the skin of sheep and Environment 1 ot t
effective pesticide to control to be a good thing for everyone in till com. Application technique will cattle. The only unrestricted crop Agency,
surface insects in no-till com and the long-run-farmers and en- be different, however, than it was . nci 1 fix
army worm in small grain fields. vironmentalists alike, Heilman fortoxaphene. l\g> A hwtil rl/VV*VI
The Environmental Protection noted. For annyworm control in small -l »•'
Agency has further' ruled that Since the-costs of some alter- grains, there is now whole list of * JU -t?/ f L-.f- tv**, % fev
toxaphene may continue to be native pesticides are much higher alternative agrichemicals which
available for emergency use in (up to $l4O and $l6O per gallon), may be used in the same way as i JmmfMsSSiSff* 1 »
notill cornfields after 1986. But a farmers will have to learn to apply toxaphene; i.e., application by > mm'WW*fSsS**z, f
University of Maryland Extension the new materials much more
entomologist doubts that there will sparingly than in the past. They Delaware piflH«
be any available through regular should also consider participation r
marketing channels after 1984. in a field scouting program which ,
J. Lee Heilman, Extension field will tell them when to spray-or if £OBl SHOW
crop insects specialist at the they really need to spray at all.
College Park campus, suggests Good alternatives to toxaphene HARRINGTON, Del. The
that farmers start experimenting can be found in three broad groups Delaware Dairy Goat’Association
this year with alternatives to of agrichemicals, Heilman said, will hold a show Saturday and
toxaphene-the last of the These are the organophosphate. Sunday, May 7 and 8,-at the
chlorinated hydrocarbons, which and carbamate compounds- Delaware State Fairgrounds, at
have now almost entirely been including malathion, Sevin and Harrington, De.
banned for general use. diazinon-and a whole new group of
Predecessors on this list included synthetic pyretbrins which are
DDT, cblordane and kepone. very safe for the user.
Like its chemical cousins, In addition to being only slightly
toxaphene was the cheapest and toxic for humans, the new syn
most effective pesticide available thetic pyrethrins are very effective
for a particular purpose, and it had against a number of insect pests,
a long residual. But the residual Pound for pound, they are 8-10
effect caused it to be a hazard to times more effective than some of
The show is open to the public.
Anyone interested in showing
should contact Debbie Vickers,
show secretary, R 1 Box 192,
De. 19956 or call (302) 875-
2548 after 6 p.m. Deadline for
entries is April 15.
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