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Another reason not to use municipal yard waste to make compost!! Please read on and take necessary precautions! Those on the SanNet listserv are seeking input in this conversation if you care to join and join in or you can start your own conversation on the Michigan Organic listserv. It would be great if our large municipal fields (aka golf courses) too an environmental stand on this and agree not to use the pesticide, Imprelis from DuPont. Vicki Morrone C. S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems Outreach Specialist for Organic Vegetable and Field Crops 303 Natural Resources East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) 517-353-3834 (Fax) www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu -----Original Message----- From: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence F. London, Jr. Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SANET-MG] Fwd: Compost Materials Alert: New Herbicide Imprelis from DuPont -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:32 PM To: compost listserve Subject: [USCC] New Herbicide-Imprelis Received this comment to our website: <> There is a new herbicide from DuPont (Imprelis). On the label it states "do not allow clippings for collection to compost facilities. This compound is very similar to the herbicide Clopyralid. At DuPont training meetings they avoid the issue and when confronted they say that no one will enforce the label prohibition. I remember the problem that Clopyralid caused and this seems like a repeat of the problem. Is the compost council aware of this herbicide? Are the state regulators aware of the potential problems this cause? <> If anyone has more information we'd like to hear about it. Thanks, Cary Cary Oshins | Education Program Manager | US Composting Council phone: 631-737-4931 | Direct: 484-547-1521 | fax: 631-737-4939 | [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> CA Office: 135 Chrystal Terrace, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Main Office: 1 Comac Loop, Suite 14B1, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 www.compostingcouncil.org Support your industry. Become a member today! Compost maillist - [log in to unmask] http://mailman.cloudnet.com/mailman/listinfo/compost This list is a service provided by the US Composting Council (USCC). (c) Copyright 2004 United States Composting Council - All rights reserved Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the USCC, the Foundation, or the Board of Directors. Non-members of USCC are encouraged to join the Council through its website at: http://www.compostingcouncil.org/membership.cfm Members posting CC copies to the list and other addresses may have their posting privileges suspended. For discussion list policies and information regarding subscribing, unsubscribing, digest or other options, go to: http://mailman.cloudnet.com/mailman/listinfo/compost For additional help in unsubcribing or to report bugs and problems, send a message to the List Manager at [log in to unmask] ******************************************************** To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe or; 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed to the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message. Visit the SANET-MG archives at: http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html. Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm. For more information on grants and other resources available through the SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org. This listserv is maintained by SARE Outreach as a service to the agricultural community. Views expressed herein are solely the responsibility of the poster and do not reflect the opinions or policies of SARE or the USDA. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html