Force of Nature -- The Looming Golf Industry Shipwreck -- No Exception -- 2010 02 22 -- MODIFIED -- PDF -- 300 Dpi

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The NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of FEDERALLYLEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE, and ABSOLUTELYINDISPENSABLE pest control products is SPREADING. The HATEDGolfIndustry is now being targeted.

The Golf Industry is in aVULNERABLE

position regardingPEST CON-

TROL PRODUCTS. Both the Golf Industry and the Modern Profes-sional Lawn Care Industry use the SAME ingredients that areneeded to control insect and weed pests. In fact, ProfessionalLawn Care maintenance requires LESS PESTICIDEINPUTS than GolfCourse turf. The Golf Industry enjoys the benefits from a Prohibi-tion Exception Status despite the fact that it uses the VERY SAME IN-GREDIENTS employed in Professional Lawn Care maintenance. TheHATEDGolf Industry is now an easy target.

EnviroManiacActivists are already alleging that the socalledthreat to health and environment posed by Professional LawnCare is EQUAL OR HIGHER on the golf course, especially with womenand juniors. Of course, this alleged threat is aMYTH ! If it is safeto walk and play on a pesticidetreated golf course puttinggreen, it is also safe to walk on a pesticidetreated lawn.


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The Golf Industry has defended itsEXCEPTION STATUS

on the basisthat the need for highquality PLAYING CONDITIONS supersedes COS-METIC STANDARDS, especially ifIntegrated Pest Management ( I.PM. )is used. The Professional Lawn Care Industry also used I.P.M. asapublic affairs tool, and failed to defend itself from prohibitionistpolicies. Additionally, Integrated Pest Management has been de-signed to be applicable to the Agriculture Industry, and NOT theGreen Space Industry.

Integrated Pest Management is a FAILED STRATEGY !

Unfortunately, some provincial and municipal governments will NOTprovide an EXCEPTION STATUS to the Golf Industry !

... and this is just the beginning !

According to some jurisdictionsPESTICIDETREATED GOLF COURSE TURFis as unsafe for health and the environment as

PESTICIDETREATEDLAWNS !


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ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

PUSHING PESTICIDE BAN

February 22nd, 2010

Alex Cooper

Revelstoke Times Review

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PESTICIDE LEGISLATION

WILL GO TO FREE VOTE

December 2nd, 2009

CBC News

Prince Edward Island ( P.E.I. )

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CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYS IC IA NSFOR THE ENVIRONMENT (C.A.P.E.)

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY (C.C.S.)

CANADIAN COALITION FOR HEA L TH AND ENVIRONMENT (C.C.H.E.)

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (C.E.L.A.)

DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION

GREEN PARTY OF ONTARIO

NEW DEMO CRA TIC PARTY OF ONTARIO (N.D.P.)

PES T IC IDE FREE ONTARIO (P.F.O.)

REGISTERED NURS ES ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (R.N.A.O.)

S IERRA CLUB OF CANADA


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WARNING : Regardless of itsException Status in many jurisdic-tions, the Golf Industry faces somehuge challenges because of its HIGH

DEGREE OF VULNERABILITY concerningseveral public affairs issues. In or-der to successfully deter the mali-cious efforts of all EnviroManiac

Activists, the Golf Industry mustimmediately address the followingsixteen critical issues.

1. The Golf Industry must CEASEfocusing on the ineffective INTE-GRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ( I.P.M. )

strategies as the solution to its pub-lic affairs problems. Unfortunately,I.P.M. has been designed to be ap-plicable to the Agriculture Industry,and NOT the Golf Industry.

2. The Golf Industry must publiclyDIVULGE to the public ALL scientificinformation that ascertains that itschemicals are definitelyminimumrisk orreducedrisk.

3. The Golf Industry must publiclyDENOUNCE the socalled green alter-natives to conventional pest controlproducts as bogus, and the biologi-calnaturalorganic methods, as al-mostINEFFECTIVE and NONEXISTENT.

4. The Golf Industry must CREATEa FULLY TRANSPARENT database forrighttoknow information concern-ing its chemicals.

5. The Golf Industry must directlyand actively SUPPORT LITIGATIONlaunched against those enviromaniacactivists that have conspi-red to prohibitFEDERALLY LEGAL, SCI-ENTIFICALLY SAFE, TOTALLY IRREPLA-CEABLE, and ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSA-BLE pest control products, and cease

being a mere casual observer.

6. The Golf Industry must explainwhy some of its chemicals are pro-hibited by other nations, but not inCanada, and cease its wastefulWag The Dog policies on irrele-

vant issues such as saving quintoz-ene.

BACKGROUND INFORMAT I ON FROM AN INDEPENDENTPERSPECT I VE IN THE UNI T ED ST AT ES, THE ENVI -

RONMENTAL PROT ECT I ON AGENCY ( E.P.A . ) CON-CLUDED T HAT T HE R I SKS WHEN USI NG QUI NT OZ ENE

WERE SUB ST ANT I AL FROM AN ENVI RONMENT AL ST AND-

PO I NT. THE E.P.A . CONCLUDED T HAT T HE RE REGI S-T RAT I ON OF QUI NT OZ ENE WAS ACCEPT AB LE PROVI DED

T HAT ALL TURF USES WERE TERMINATED. IN V I EW

OF T HE MANY QUEST I ONS CONCERNI NG T HE SAFET Y OF

QUINTOZENE , I T WOULD SEEM PREFERAB LE T HAT T HEGOLF INDUST RY WI T HDRAW I T S PET I T I ON I N SUPPORT

OF T HI S I NGREDI ENT . MOREOVER, B Y DEFENDI NG APRODUCT ASSOCI AT ED WI T H SER I OUS HEALT H , ENVI RON-

MENT AL, AND TURF PHYTO T OX I C I TY I SSUE S , THE GOLFINDUST RY HAS WEAKENED I T S CREDI B I L I T Y . THE PE ST

MANAGEMENT REGULAT ORY AGENCY OF HEALT H CA N A D A( P.M.R.A . ) WI LL FOLLOW WI T H T HE SAME DEC I S I ON

AS T HE E.P.A . , B Y PROHI B I T I NG T HE SALE OF QUI NT OZ -


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ENE B EY OND 2010, AND PROHI B I T I NG T HE USE OF

QUINTOZENE BEYOND 2011. THE MANUFACT UR I NG IN-DUST RY WILL NOT DEFEND QUI NT OZ ENE . FURT HER -MORE , THE MANUFACT UR I NG INDUST RY WI LL NO

LONGER I NVEST I N ANY PEST CONT ROL PRODUCT S I NCANADA , SI NCE I T AB HORS OPERAT I NG I N MARKET S

MADE UNSTABLE B Y TERRORISM, WHET HER POL I T I -CAL OR ENVI RONMENT AL.

7. The Golf Industry must VIGOR-OUSLY EMBARK on a massive publicrelations campaign to stop the pro-posed scheme by EnviroManiac

Activists and National DemocraticParty of Canada threatening a NA-TIONAL prohibition of pest controlproducts. N.D.P. is the POLITICALSHIELD for the EnvironmentalTer-

rorMovement.

8. The Golf Industry must reviewand justify its current and extensivearray of chemicals.

9. The Golf Industry must plan forthe INEVITABLE and TOTAL REVOCATIONof its EXCEPTION STATUS in most ju-risdictions across Canada, in two tofour years. The Golf Industry will

lose many or ALL of its valued andnecessary pest control products.

10. The Golf Industry must providethe public with scientific informa-tion supporting the idea that its in-novative management practices MAYSLIGHTLY reduce the use of pest con-trol products.

11. The Golf Industry must develop

and publish golf maintenance proto-cols and the performance standardsEXPECTED by its playing customers.So far, the Golf Industry has beenridiculously inconsistent in defining suitable playing surfaces.

12. The Golf Industry must SCIEN-TIFICALLY DEFINE and PUBLICALLY DIS-CREDIT the misleading term Or-ganic Golf Course , and establishpolicies for expelling clubs usingthis INACCURATE and MISLEADINGterm from its trade associations.

13. The Golf Industry mustSTRONGLY ADDRESS and DISCREDIT themisconceptions concerning imida-cloprid, chlorothalonil, 2,4D, andother chemicals.

14. The Golf Industry mustTERMINATE

all relationships with EnvironmentalTerrorOrganizations like Contempti-bleCanadianCancerSociety,World Wildlife Fund, and others.

All related charitable tournamentsthat provide financial donations andsupport to these EnvironmentalTer-rorOrganizations must be SUSPEN-DED and REDIRECTED.

15. The Golf Industry mustOPPOSE

the LOATHSOME and RIDICULOUSRoyal Canadian Golf Association( R.C.G.A. ) that raises millions ofdollars for the MillionaireCana-dianCancerSociety, an Environ-mentalTerrorOrganization that usesthis money in its conspiracy to pro-hibit of FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFI-CALLY SAFE, TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE,and ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE con-

ventional pest control products.

16. The Golf Industry must openlyand financially SUPPORT POLITICALCANDIDATES that oppose any prohibi-tion of pest control products.


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FORCEOFNATURE WAS LAUNCHED FOR CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION ON THE INTERNET ON JANUARY 1ST,2009. IT IS A SERIESOF ENEWSLETTERS DESTINED FOR THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY, THE ENVIRONMENTALTERRORMOVEMENT,GOVERNMENT OFFI-

CIALS, AND THE MEDIA, NATIONWIDE ACROSS CANADA, THEUNITED STATES, AND OVERSEAS.

FORCE OF NATURE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF WILLIAM H.GATHERCOLE AND HIS ENTOURAGE. NORAH G IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM FORTHE STABLE OF ANONYMOUS PRODUCERS AND WRITERS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS ENEWSLETTER AND HAVE NOW REPLACED MR.

GATHERCOLE

.

THEY CONSIST OF PEOPLE FROM THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES

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ISTRIBUTION,FERTILIZER

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OLF,LAWN

CARE

,

MANUFACTURING,MUNICIPAL,NURSERY, AND ORCHARD. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LEADERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE

OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN FORCE OF NATURE, EVEN THOUGH FROM AN INDEPENDENTPERSPECTIVE, MAY NOT REFLECT THOSE OFEVERYONE IN THE GREENSPACEINDUSTRY, OR MR.GATHERCOLES MANY ASSOCIATES. BE WARNED ! FORCE OF NATURE MAY

SOMETIMES BE VERY IRREVERENT AND FEARLESS WITH THESE ENEWSLETTERS. MR.GATHERCOLE IS NOW RETIRED FROM FORCE OFNATURE, ALTHOUGH HIS NAME CONTINUES TO APPEAR AS THE FOUNDER.

WILLIAM H.GATHERCOLE IS A PRINCIPAL FOUNDER OF THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY IN BOTHONTARIOANDQUEBEC. HE HOLDS A DEGREE IN HORTICULTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITYOFGUELPH, AND ANOTHER PURE AND APPLIED SCI-

ENCE DEGREE FROM MCGILLUNIVERSITY. HE HAS WORKED IN VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF THE GREENSPACEINDUSTRY, IN-CLUDING GOLF AND PROFESSIONALLAWNCARE, AND HAS SERVED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WORKPLACE SAFETY, AND ENVIRON-

MENTAL COMPLIANCE. MR.GATHERCOLE HAS SUPERVISED, CONSULTED, PROGRAMMED, AND/OR OVERSEEN THE EXECUTION OF HUN-DREDSOFTHOUSANDS OF PEST CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. HE HAS TRAINED, INSTRUCTED, AND CON-

SULTED WITH THOUSANDS OF TURF MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS. MR.GATHERCOLE HAS ALSO BEEN AN AGRICULTURAL AGRONO-MIST. FOR MANY YEARS,MR.GATHERCOLE WAS A CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST FOR TURF&RECREATION MAGAZINE,CANADAS TURFANDGROUNDS MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY.

MR.GATHERCOLE HAS FOLLOWED THE EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISM FOR OVER A QUARTERCENTURY. HIS IN-

VOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REACHED A FEVERED PITCH IN THE 1990S, WHEN HE ORCHESTRATED, WITH HIS COLLEAGUES,LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PROHIBITION OF PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE TOWN OF HUDSON,QUEBEC. FORFIFTEENYEARS,

THE STRATEGIES DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY MR.GATHERCOLE AND HIS COLLEAGUES GUARANTEED THE CONTROL OF ENVIROTERROR FOR THE ENTIRE MODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY ACROSS CANADA. MR.GATHERCOLE IS PERSONALLY CREDITED FOR

CRAFTING THE GOLF INDUSTRY EXCEPTION STATUS, THAT ENDURES TO THIS DAY. HE IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF THE SIGNS THAT ARENOW USED FOR POSTING AFTER APPLICATION. ALTHOUGH HE CAN BE ACCUSED OF BEING ANTIENVIRONMENTMOVEMENT, HE IS, INFACT, SIMPLY A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THEMODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. HOWEVER, THIS POSITION HAS NOT PRECLUDED HIM

FROM CRITICIZING THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY ITSELF. NONETHELESS, HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LONG JOURNEY WITH ENVI-RONMENTAL ISSUES IS UNDENIABLE. (HOPEFULLY !)

FORCE OF NATURE IS THE INSTRUMENT OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONRESPONDING AGAINST HUJE THAT HARM THE GREEN SPACE IN-

DUSTRY (NORAHG) BY CONCOCTING STATEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES SEEKING TO PROHIBIT FEDERALLYLEGAL,SCIENTIFI-CALLYSAFE,TOTALLYIRREPLACEABLE, AND ABSOLUTELYINDISPENSABLE CONVENTIONAL PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS.

ENVIROMANIACS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR STATEMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS, AND WHEREABOUTS. EVENTHOUGH EACH ENVIROMANIACCULPRIT IS A MISGUIDED ADVERSARY, EACH STILL DESERVES OUR RESPECT. THE TERMS MANIAC,CULPRIT,TERRORIST, OR BASTERD ARE NOT ACCUSATIONS OF ANY LEGAL WRONGDOING. FORCE OF NATURE IS SIMPLY HOLDING

ALLEGED CULPRITS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CONSPIRING TO CHANGE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT TERRORIZE AND THREATEN THE GREENSPACE INDUSTRY. THEIR PRETENTIOUS PROHIBITIONIST RANTS HAS CREATED LOSSOFREVENUES,BUSINESSFAILURES,

BANKRUPTCY, AND UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLICTING DESPAIR AND DESTITUTION FOR THOUSANDS OF HAPLESS VICTIMSTHROUGHOUT THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. THE ACTIONS OF MANIACCULPRITTERRORISTBASTERDS ARE VIEWED AS A FORM OF

TERROR AGAINST THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN FORCE OF NATURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FORTHE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE READER BY PROVIDING A SEQUENCE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS WITH COMMENTARY . ADDI-

TIONALLY,FORCE OF NATURE INSPIRES PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISM CAN BE STOPPED ! THEEVENTS, CHARACTERS, COMPANIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, DEPICTED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE NOT ALWAYS FICTITIOUS. ANY SIMILAR-

ITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD, MAY NOT BE COINCIDENTAL. ALL DOCUMENT EXCERPTS AND PICTURES CONTAINED INFORCE OF NATURE WERE FOUND SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, SERVING ONEOF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES : ARCHIVE, EDUCATION, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY, OR PRESS RELEASE.

THE FOLLOWING FORCE OF NATURE DOCUMENTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ALOOK AT ALBERTA PROHIBITION BRITISH

COLUMBIA PROHIBITION CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT MILLIONAIRECANCERSOCIETY CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION CONSEQUENCES DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION DDTAND POLITICIZED SCI-

ENCE DEATH AND THE ENVIRONMENTALTERRORMOVEMENT ENVIROMONEY ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISTS UNMASKED FERTILIZERTERROR IS NEXT JUNEIRWIN,THE CLOWN OF JUNKSCIENCE KAZIMIERA JEANCOTTAM LANDSCAPE TRADES

CAPITULATE NEW BRUNSWICK PROHIBITION NOVASCOTIA PROHIBITION ONTARIO PROHIBITION ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PESTICIDE FREE BC PETS AND LAWNCARE CHEMICALS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROHIBITION QUEBEC PROHIBITION RACHEL CARSON,THE QUEEN OF JUNKSCIENCE SALMON ARM BCPROHIBITION THE 9/11ERA OF THE GREEN SPACE INDUS-

TRY THE FAILURE OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT THE LOOMING GOLF INDUSTRY SHIPWRECK THE INDUSTRY STRIKESBACK THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CANCER THE NATIONAL ANNIHILATION OF THE MODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY THE

WISDOM OF BILL BELL THE WISDOM OF DRYSDALE THE WISDOM OF HEALTH CANADA THE WISDOM OF HOLLAND THEWISDOM OF LOWES THE WISDOM OF MAINS THE WISDOM OF THE SOLOMONS ASK FOR A COPY OF ANY BACK ISSUE OF

FORCE OF NATURE TODAY. READ ALL ABOUT ENVIROMANIACACTIVISTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTALTERRORORGANIZATIONSIN FORCE OF NATURE ! THE WHOLE TRUTH FROMAN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ! FORCE OF NATURE IS TOTALLYINDEPEND-

ENT OF ANY TRADE ASSOCIATION OR BUSINESS OPERATING WITHIN THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. DONTTHANKUS. ITSAPUBLICSERVICE. ANDWEAREGLADTODOIT.


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