Just to balance things a bit - think where we would be without chemicals. Likely about 2/3 of us would not be here. Starvation and other natural processes can easily take out man or greatly reduce the population.
Eric: It goes without saying (I hope) that I'm a strong proponent for the legal, appropriate and judicious use of pesticides - especially since they represent my livelihood.
Because of that; and since I'm fully aware of what it now costs to bring a new product to market � as well as the battles that my industry faces with "anti's", I'm very sensitive to any and all pesticides-abuses, which are often used to slam the entire industry when things go wrong.
Example: Chlordane. Widely abused in the 70s-80s as an ant mound & exposed ground treatment - which led to environmental/water contamination issues that probably would not have occurred had chlordane�s uses been confined to sub-slab termite treatments (as per label).
As a result of chlordane�s abuse, besides the environmental issues, we now get to treat our homes and structures at least once every 5 years for termites, with much less effective insecticides � instead of one time with chlordane (with its 40-year half-life).
