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From: Nan Wishner at eastbayinfo@stopthespray.org

Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 8:25 AM
Subject: the 4 pesticides

As promised, below are the 4 pesticides that were imported to New Zealand for testing for the LBAM eradication program. It seems highly likely that these are the same 4 that are being tested in Texas for acute toxicity. Also below is a comment posted on a NZ news site that is apparently a reprinted news story about the NZ tests that lists the percentages of active and inert ingredients in each.  Looks like 2 are microencapsulated, one is waxy "splat" and one is plastic flakes.   ERMA is NZ's environmental risk management authority.  

BTW, If you google these chemicals, you may find a NZ news story in which a NZ scientist, Philippa Stevens, is quoting as saying LBAM is a serious pest.  Jeff Rosendale contacted NZ Hort Research after that story came out and was told that Ms. Stevens said she had been misquoted. She was later quoted in the SF Chronicle as saying LBAM is not a significant pest in NZ.  

Nan

Checkmate LBAM-F
Disrupt Bioflake LBAM
NoMate LBAM MEC
Splat LBAM

infonews.co.nz , 18 February 2008, 8:17AM 

ERMA SAYS AERIAL SPRAYING TRIAL OVER FOREST IS `IN CONTAINMENT' 

Wellington, Feb 17 NZPA - The Environmental Risk Management Authority has allowed state forest research company Scion to import "into containment" formulations containing E11-tetradecenyl acetate and E9, E11-tetradecenyl acetate as pheromone mating disruptors for the light brown apple moth. * The sprays are formulated as either water-based spray of micro-encapsulated particle suspensions (CheckMate and NoMate), wax (Splat) or as a biodegradable solid flake (Disrupt Bioflake). 

* They will be tested on separate blocks with buffer zones of up to 200m in 100ha of Eyrewell Forest, which has been fenced by the forest manager, Rayonier. 

* Erma says there are no significant risks to the environment or human health and welfare from the trial. 

The synthetic pheromones are: 

* Less than 24 kg of Checkmate containing 4kg of active ingredient. About 17 percent is pheromone and 83 percent other ingredients. 

* About 8 kg of NoMate containing 1.6 kg of pheromone (20 percent active ingredient and 80 percent other ingredients). 

* Up to 40kg of Splat containing 4 kg of active ingredient (10 percent pheromone and 90 percent other ingredients) 

* And 30kg of Disrupt Bioflake containing 4.5 kg of active ingredient (15 percent pheromone and 85 percent of a biodegradable flake, plus about 190 litres of X3221 Micro-Tac II Sticker to apply the flakes. 

* Up to 20,000 Isomate plus twist-ties containing less than 2 kg of active ingredient. 

* CheckMate has Environmental Protection Agency approval in the USA, and approval is being sought for Disrupt and Splat. 

Source: Erma