New Chemicals Proposed
For the Chemical Soup*
Of Willapa Bay
(*Washington Attorney General's description of Willapa Bay, November 2012)
Public Notice
Washington's Department of Ecology has announced an upcoming public meeting and comment period for a proposal to add some "spice" to Willapa Bay, waters which Washington's Attorney General has described as a "chemical soup" (Public Notice is copied at the end of this post). Proposed are the addition of the insecticide imidacloprid* to "control" burrowing shrimp and the herbicide imazamox to control Japanese eelgrass on commercial clam beds.
*Imidacloprid is within the class of Neonicotinoid pesticides which are believed to be a cause of honey bee colony collapse disorder. The European Union has voted to heavily restrict its use.
Chemically Treated Oysters
From Willapa Bay - Their "Merroir" Explained
One thing leads to another -
