Michaelangelica Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 De-Bugging Your FoodA Vacuum Alternative to Pesticides for Microbiology Solution January 1, 2007 — A physical chemist has developed a new technique for ridding harvested produce of insect pests and microorganisms without using pesticides such as methyl bromide. The technique, called Metabolic Stress Disinfection and Disinfestation, suffocates pests by exposing them to cycles of vacuum and pressurized carbon dioxide. Treatment chambers could be easy to develop on a large enough scale for farmers to use.This is an article and a video.Just about everything organic (dried herbs spices etc) imported to Australia is treated with methyl bromide or phosphereine (sp?) (in country of origin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 I've read of some sewage treatment plants that use gravity to purify the sewage. They have very tall elevator towers that lift the sewage up high and then drop it down a chute. The fall kills all the microorganisms. Perhaps it could be used for food as well. (a different chute of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted November 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 :eek: :) :evil: THE SCIENCE SHOWA long running highly regarded ABC radio programme The first interview this week was on sub-acute doses of pesticides and human fertility ( also tires?). Five minutes worth a listen. Especially if you want to have childrenScience ShowLatest ProgramsSaturday 03 November 2007 Listen Now - 03112007 | Download Audio - 03112007 * 00:00: Chemicals in the environment reduce egg viability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Alittle off topic but agood reason to keep goingPESTICIDES MAY BE HIDDEN DANGER TO CHILD IQHousehold pesticides may cause some of the intellectual development problems in children previously associated with lead, an Australian toxicologist says.Pesticides may be hidden danger to child IQ (ABC Science Online) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Pesticides may also be the primary reason for colony collapse disorder in honey bees. It seems that we use this one particular pesicide from Bayer on our plants. This pesicide is known to cause nervous system and perceptual disorders. Bees pollenate the plants, and come back to the hive with the messed up nervous systems (after time, mind you). They start giving bad directions to the other bees. They start getting lost, and no longer return to the hive (no more "Bee-line" for them...) They start dying, as well as the hives. Yay, pesticides! Give me P! E! S! T! I! C! D! E! ... What's that spell? Collapse of the food chain!!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 InterestingThat site is still up. Why?So it was banned in France for this reason 8 years ago and Bayer Germany kept selling it in the USA?I hope the USA bee keepers and others file a class suit that rips right into themTotally amoral and irresponsibleImidacloprid Pesticide Most Likely Cause of Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, CA Use Up 35 times! - Democratic UndergroundWashington City Paper: Cover Story: Buzz Kill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I dunno, man. I think part of it is that we're so busy shouting about how intelligent we are that we have no time left to prove or act like it. :hihi: modest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 From parasite to saviour: bacteria breakthrough at the University of Melbourne [ Research Review 0307 : ] By Nerrisa Hannink Bacteria that commonly infect insects have evolved from parasites to being a fertility aid. The bacteria could eventually be targeted as an option for pest control in order to kill common human disease carriers such as mosquitoes. Researchers at the University of Melbourne have followed the evolution of Wolbachia bacteria and found that they have rapidly changed from being parasitic and therefore detrimental to their insect host, to engaging in a mutualistic relationship where both bacteria and insect benefit because the insects gain enhanced fertility. Professor Ary Hoffmann and Dr Andrew Weeks from the Department of Genetics at the University of Melbourne have used the Californian fruit fly (Drosophila) as a model in their experiments.. . . “This is the fastest rate of evolution for this relationship so far; we know of no previous examples where an evolutionary shift towards mutualism has been observed in a period of decades in nature,” said Dr Weeks. From parasite to saviour: bacteria breakthrough at the University of Melbourne : Research Review : News : The University of Melbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I had a friend who used to blend up his current garden pest (grashoppers caterpillars etc) in his kitchen garden blender. (Much to his wife's disgust.He reckoned it keep the 'wiser' bugs away Perhaps this is a similar system?Poo fight in pest control Friday, 13/06/2008 Tiger poo could soon be one of the ways to keep pest animals out of important vegetation areas. Tanya Cox, a Ph.D. student from the University of Queensland is trialling tiger, Tasmanian devil and dingo faeces as odour repellents, that invoke a fear response in animals like kangaroos and goats. She says the aim is to eventually develop a synthetic version of the poo, and have it available for a range of practical uses. "I think it could be used for a range of situations, particularly things like forestry where they need protection for the first two or three months but you don't want to have to go to the expense of building a fence," she says. "It could be used in national park revegetation areas, where building a fence is actually more destructive, right through to people's hobby farms or even their vegie patches in their own backyards."Poo fight in pest control - 13/06/2008 I remember going into a man made "Cave" near a tiger enclosure at Toranga Zoo (Sydney) . At the end of the cave there were only a few bars between you and the tigers. I found the whole thing terrifying although I have previously been a caver.(Spediologist ). I had to get out quickly. I am sure it was the smell of the tigers that made me panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I had a friend who used to blend up his current garden pest (grasshoppers caterpillars etc) in his kitchen garden blender. (Much to his wife's disgust.) He then sprayed this around the garden. He reckoned it keep the 'wiser' bugs away Perhaps this is a similar system?Poo fight in pest control Friday, 13/06/2008 Tiger poo could soon be one of the ways to keep pest animals out of important vegetation areas. Tanya Cox, a Ph.D. student from the University of Queensland is trialling tiger, Tasmanian devil and dingo faeces as odour repellents, that invoke a fear response in animals like kangaroos and goats. She says the aim is to eventually develop a synthetic version of the poo, and have it available for a range of practical uses. "I think it could be used for a range of situations, particularly things like forestry where they need protection for the first two or three months but you don't want to have to go to the expense of building a fence," she says. "It could be used in national park revegetation areas, where building a fence is actually more destructive, right through to people's hobby farms or even their vegie patches in their own backyards."Poo fight in pest control - 13/06/2008 I remember going into a man made "Cave" near a tiger enclosure at Toranga Zoo (Sydney) . At the end of the cave there were only a few bars between you and the tigers. I found the whole thing terrifying although I have previously been a caver.(Spediologist ). I had to get out quickly. I am sure it was the smell of the tigers that made me panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Organic Pest Control: Mustard -- Hot Stuff For Natural Pest Control ScienceDaily (July 29, 2008) — Researchers, growers and Industry specialists from 22 countries will share the latest research into the use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds – a technique known as biofumigation. Brassica plants naturally release compounds that suppress pests and pathogens, principally isothiocyanates (ITCs), which most people would recognise as the ‘hot’ flavour in mustard or horseradish,” says CSIRO’s Dr John Kirkegaard, the conference convenor. “When ITCs are released in soil by green-manuring, soil-borne pests and pathogens can be suppressed and the yields of solanaceous vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants can be increased by up to 40 per cent in some cases.Organic Pest Control: Mustard -- Hot Stuff For Natural Pest Control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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