tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post5839434943674163441..comments2024-03-22T10:01:39.458-04:00Comments on Paradigms and Demographics: The Trades and Me: A Dialog on Going GreenRich Kozlovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-2578174287808665412009-12-12T11:35:35.906-05:002009-12-12T11:35:35.906-05:00Alan,
Thank you for your comments. It is unfortun...Alan,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. It is unfortunate that so many within the pest control industry have failed to grasp the danger the green movement represents. Everywhere this movement has been successful in getting their philosophy implemented dystopia has followed. Dystopia is the Sancho Panza of the environmental movement. <br /><br />Their efforts to have chlorine taken out the water supplies of people in South American were successful by claiming that chlorine caused cancer and to "save" their population from this "health risk” they needed to rid chlorine from their drinking water. Hundreds died and tens of thousands were sickened, and yet they continue to promote claptrap that they know is deadly to humanity, and “leaders” in the pest control industry applaud them as “saviors” of humanity. <br /><br />We have lost our minds!<br /><br />Rich K.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-42854991438748143022009-12-12T09:22:56.719-05:002009-12-12T09:22:56.719-05:00Rich: We both have long been on the side of a rati...Rich: We both have long been on the side of a rational and practical approach to the practice of pest control.<br /><br />What I witnessed beginning in the 1980s was the loss of proven and effective pesticides. It became obvious over the years that the EPA was determined to remove ALL pesticides from use by pest control professionals and from the shelves where consumers could have access to them.<br /><br />The EPA's action were NOT based on science and its recent announcement that it wants to regulate carbon dioxide is proof of that. <br /><br />The Greens hate humanity and want to reduce the world's population by any means possible. Since insect and rodent pests spread disease, that is just one more means to achieve their goal.<br /><br />The EPA is a rogue government agency that represents the Green agenda which, simply put, is to find ways to limit the many advances of modern life, whether it be pesticides to render one's living and working environment pest-free, or to impede other advances such as plastics or the use of oil, natural gas, and coal as energy sources for our economy.<br /><br />The trade magazines are responding to the deafening drumbeat of the very organizations that oppose the work of pest control professionals. They are buying into the "Green" movement, perhaps without really thinking that much about it.<br /><br />Keep up your efforts.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-8064466956039089952009-12-11T16:57:34.753-05:002009-12-11T16:57:34.753-05:00Gerry,
Thank you for giving me permission to resp...Gerry,<br /><br />Thank you for giving me permission to respond to comments on my own blog…and my name is Rich, not Rick, but if it pleases you to call me Rick….do so. I respond to Bob also. Although sincere and passionate; as usual your comments are filled with non-sequiturs and logical fallacies. <br /><br />Do people get sick from contaminants? Of course, but the dose makes the poison and exposure isn’t toxicity! I wish that you would actually read something about all of this besides the propaganda put out by those promoting green claptrap. <br /><br />From the very beginning the EPA was formed to be a political entity, not a science entity. Nixon appointed an environmental activist as the first director. The EPA has been a lava flow of scientifically dubious regulations ever since. Is it a government conspiracy? The word conspiracy has multiple meanings, but this is one of them….any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result,” and those actions may or may not be evil. <br /><br />Your analysis regarding the “health of the nation” is seriously flawed. Some health scares are valid, but most of these so-called “numerous health risks” are nothing but false scares promoted by activists and their acolytes in government. Furthermore you don’t know what you are talking about when you say that they are “well documented and researched”. <br /><br />Once again you create a logical fallacy when you say that “the broad majority wants healthier air, ground and water”, because that was not in question in anything that I said, or have ever said, yet you cling to that point as if it is the linchpin of your logic to prove that what I have said is incorrect. That is not now nor has ever been at issue in my comments. <br /><br />I seriously doubt whether you understand my concerns at all because you don’t really understand the issues. I asked that you refrain from posting comments until you have read more widely. May I recommend another book? Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg! <br /><br />When you have finished that book you may contact me and we can discuss the points he highlights regarding pesticides, global warming, population, genetically modified foods, energy ….and a host of other issues. Please do not post anything more until you have read his book.<br /><br />Rich K.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-69298552227313896472009-12-11T08:12:07.985-05:002009-12-11T08:12:07.985-05:00Rick, so green is a government conspiracy? Hasn&#...Rick, so green is a government conspiracy? Hasn't this country been dealing with environmental cleanups of the air, ground and water for the past 50 years? Do people not get sick from contaminants?<br /><br />You are 100% wrong. Government has been responding to a nation that has grown sick from numerous health risks that are well documented and researched. You may think that some are more or less documented than others, nevertheless, the risks are there. If some people have become paranoid as a result, I think it is a small portion of the spectrum and they have reasons to feel a bit paranoid. But the broad majority wants healthier air, ground and water. PMPs need to be a part of it. Even if only from a narrow self-interest, one should listen more closely, and yes, receptively, to their concerns. <br /><br />I think Frank is 100% on target when he says that the magazine must speak with a conscience, even if it is not what the industry wants to hear. <br /><br />Look, I understand your concern about tools being taken away from your ability to practice your skills, but you speak of your skills in the narrow framework of a tradesman. Medical doctors are also tradesmen, skilled technicians who go in and get it done. But there are many ethical, moral and even environmental issues that they deal with all the time. Why are we any different? Why shouldn't we see ourselves as connected to something other than our spray guns? (no pun intended).<br /><br />Gerry Weitz, Pres.<br />Hearts Pest Management<br />www.heartspm.com<br />Hearts Consulting Group<br />heartspm.wordpress.com<br /><br />Feel free to return the pleasure of your comments.Gerry Weitzhttp://heartspm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-47552518060164841682009-12-09T06:50:00.356-05:002009-12-09T06:50:00.356-05:00Dutch,
Green exists only because the EPA funds so...Dutch,<br /><br />Green exists only because the EPA funds so many proponents of these types of programs, such as IPM and GPM. That and outright grant money to the anti-pesticide green activists. Within our industry the Midwest isn't all that hot about GPM or IPM, however the east and west coast is in love with this stuff. Dry up the grant money from the government and these tax free foundations and you would see GPM and all this other green nonsense just go away.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-9525803949099683972009-12-08T18:30:13.158-05:002009-12-08T18:30:13.158-05:00Very good thinking. I'm glad to see I'm no...Very good thinking. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who hasn't sipped the Kool aid. Personally I realize the GPM is around for awhile but I don't see what is propping it up--In my opinion it is not profit because if it were everybody would be doing it.Dutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827664473596894780noreply@blogger.com