tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post7926258386483709734..comments2024-03-22T10:01:39.458-04:00Comments on Paradigms and Demographics: We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!Rich Kozlovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-815030722407554632010-09-01T15:50:37.669-04:002010-09-01T15:50:37.669-04:00Dr. Dini Miller has decided that since she is bein...Dr. Dini Miller has decided that since she is being quoted so much it is time to set the record straight and clarify her position. I wish to thank her for allowing this message to be shared with members of the Ohio Pest Management Association. Rich Kozlovich<br /><br />Hello all:<br /> <br />In the current bed bug media firestorm I am being quoted a lot, but sometimes taken out of context. So for anyone who is repeating what I might have said about propoxur, let me set the record straight. <br /><br /> Do I believe that bed bugs will develop resistance to propoxur? Absolutely. I believe that the data indicates that bed bugs have developed resistance to every insecticide that has ever come into widespread used for their control (nerve toxicants). But of course, not all bed bug populations in the US will not develop resistance at once. <br /><br /> Do I believe that we should use propoxur in some of our most inhumane situations where elderly people are crawling with bed bug? Absolutely. I have seen some dreadful situations in the field. Are we living in Calcutta? If a single propoxur application would save these helpless elderly people from an appalling situation, I am all for it. Each of us should consider what our old age living situation will look like if the bed bug spread continues (which I think it will). <br /><br /> I believe that if we are worried about childrens' exposure, then we should label propoxur in such a way that it can never be used in situations where children are present. Restrict it for use in homes of people over 70. Even the poorest parents have some bed bug killing method at their disposal (manually crushing all bed bugs). The elderly do not have this option. <br /><br /> Do I like propoxur, or think that it will save us from bed bugs. No to both questions. I think the bed bugs are forever (I am hopeful but not optimistic) and I think the rapidity of resistance to propoxur may surprise us. But I worry about the increasing age of our population, and feel that it is wrong to base all of our concern on children's exposure to insecticides when the elderly are suffering so much from this plague.<br /> Thanks for listening to my soapbox speech,<br /><br />Dini <br /> <br />Dini M. Miller, Ph.D.<br />Department of Entomology<br />216A Price Hall<br />Virginia Tech<br />Blacksburg, VA 24061<br />540-231-4918 office<br />540-231-4045 labRich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-54420209680211876382010-08-30T20:08:23.650-04:002010-08-30T20:08:23.650-04:00Rich:
Great article! You really summed things up...Rich:<br /><br />Great article! You really summed things up in a very realistic and factual manner. <br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Mike Weissman<br />Sales RepresentativeMike Weissmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-76084043745130162912010-08-30T16:20:32.638-04:002010-08-30T16:20:32.638-04:00Chris,
Thanks for your comments. I couldn't ...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I couldn't agree more with your concerns about the increase of pest related afflictions in this nation. A nation that made the country and the world a safer and healthier place to live though extensive and effective use of chemistry and the potential for their increase if we continue down this insanely destructive path.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />RIchRich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-463505668216782162010-08-30T10:05:29.487-04:002010-08-30T10:05:29.487-04:00Rich, great article that gets to a real serious po...Rich, great article that gets to a real serious point in this Nation, and that is when are the sensible people who know better going to take a real organized stand and effectively speak out against the "third world nation" mindset of our all knowing ideologues who continuously impose their fairy tale concepts and wills upon us? Third world? That is correct, and I have spoken out before where this country was headed long before the plague of the bed bugs invaded our communities and in the days where few in our industry saw "green" as a threat to public health and safety. <br />Junk scientist, politicians and political correctness, the liberal media, marketing geniuses and "Rachael" wanna-be's are placing American citizens in real harm’s way. Our industry, in the battle against serious public health pests, has been handcuffed in the same way our politicians make our military fight the enemy, and that is a losing proposition in the long run. <br />We have only scratched the surface on the pestilence and disease yet to come, and many citizens will suffer from disease, damage and death related to new invaders and those of a storied past. <br />Dengue fever has arrived in Florida, a deadly and serious disease known to many parts of the second and third world nations, and a disease the USA hasn't faced since 1934. Lyme Disease, and the other associated tick-borne diseases are epidemic in the US and many thousands of Americans have now become permanently disabled and non-productive citizens. West Nile is still here and quietly creating illness and death to humans as well as domestic and native wild animals. Bed bugs have the headlines now.<br />Is it just a coincidence that these new and old pests and their associated diseases are showing up in America? Well yes it is. The arrival of new and old pests and their related diseases coincides directly with Uncontrolled Immigration, New EPA Testing Mandates for the Pesticide Industry, The Green Movement, The Voluntary Withdraw of Safe and Effective Pesticides from the Marketplace, The Strength and Voice of the Anti-Pesticide Movement, The Sensationalism of the Media and Film Makers, The Disconnection of Politicians from Reality, The Federal Government's Yearning to become European, and the list goes on and on...<br />The voice of our industry has been underrepresented in this dire fight against the many who oppose us. Now we still have a fighting chance, and bed bugs have given the industry an opportunity to take up the charge and accuse and expose the Green and Anti-Pesticide Movements as the real culprits for allowing serious diseases and pests back into this country that were once effectively and safely controlled by inexpensive insecticides. Most politicians are cowards and will change their opinions on the winds of public opinion. The pest control industry can come out of this plague as the real heroes just as the pied piper did during the plague of the middle ages, but we must effectively have our opinion heard by the public without the opposing side always pulling us back to an evil, necessary and disreputable business as Marc Lame did on the CBS report.<br />Chris<br />EntomologistChris Donaghy, Entomologistnoreply@blogger.com