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Comment From: Bernice Harris

9/22/17 @ 12:48 PM
Regarding the current proposal to spray pesticides on oyster beds: I am opposed to the idea based on what I have read reported in the Seattle Times on the topic. The possibilities for contamination and/or destruction of other life forms in the foo...↓
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Comment From: Chris Schulz

9/22/17 @ 12:16 PM
Absolutely not. As I will never eat a farmed fish...I will never eat another oyster again if this chemical is used.
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Comment From: Sarah McGraw

9/22/17 @ 12:01 PM
I love Washington shellfish, I value the industry, and I am alarmed to know the environment has changed enough to threaten the harvest. But I fail to see how introducing insecticide into that same changing environment can possibly do anything but has...↓
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Comment From: Catherine Newland

9/22/17 @ 11:11 AM
I am strongly against this proposal as the beaches and waters surrounding this could be affected. These pesticides have already been shown to have detrimental effects on honeybees so who knows what the effects could be on fish, crabs, clams and whale...↓
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Comment From: Lisa Costantino

9/22/17 @ 11:10 AM
From the EPA: "When bees encounter imidacloprid at levels above 25 parts per billion—a common level for neonics in farm fields—they suffer harm. "These effects include decreases in pollinators." Harming necessary species to help another species is...↓
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Comment From: herb nelson

9/22/17 @ 10:44 AM
There is no need to poison native species only to line the pockets of a few farmers. This poison migrates to the ocean and kills other valuable species. there is too much poison in the ocean already. Its rediculous to reconsider something that was al...↓
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Comment From: Robert Nerenberg

9/22/17 @ 10:36 AM
I'm not interested in eating shellfish exposed to a chemical that DOE thinks about in this way: "There are still knowledge gaps about imidacloprid. Further research is needed." I don't want to be a test subject and will immediately stop eating Wash...↓
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Comment From: Caitlin Morrison

9/22/17 @ 10:02 AM
I am an environmental epidemiologist. We do not want to spray these beds with imidacolprid. There is not enough data yet on the long term effects of use. There is not enough specificity yet in how they would spray (for example: only limit spraying to...↓
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Comment From: James Nunn

9/22/17 @ 9:33 AM
Oyster growers and other harvesters of the sea, as is true of their land-based farmer counterparts, do not own the land, the shore, the water, no matter what documents they may provide which contend otherwise. They are temporary tenants and (hopefull...↓
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Comment From: Julia Wayne

9/22/17 @ 9:15 AM
Do not let this happen.
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Comment From: Margaret Donaldson

9/22/17 @ 8:42 AM
I am strongly against the use of Imidacloprid and all other neonicotinoid pesticides in Washington State waters. As a lifelong resident of Washington State, the health of our local environment is incredibly precious to me. Imidacloprid has three majo...↓
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Comment From: Susan Kernes

9/22/17 @ 8:21 AM
I reside in Seattle and frequently harvest clams, oysters and mussels in season. I strenuously object to ANY planned use of the pesticide imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp on commercial shellfish beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. I rely on...↓
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Comment From: Melissa Aaron

9/22/17 @ 8:15 AM
We don't know enough about the effects of this pesticide on the denizens of the tidal flats (crustaceans, fish, birds, and so on). It's toxic to mammals, so endangers orcas, seals, otters, and us. It's also toxic to bees. How can we possibly think th...↓
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Comment From: Michaela Barrett

9/22/17 @ 6:21 AM
Imidacloprid is a poison known to have toxic effects on not only insect pests, but also beneficial insects (bees!), birds, and marine invertebrates. It is unconscionable to deliberately apply this poison to an uncontained aquatic environment solely f...↓
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Comment From: Penny Rand

9/22/17 @ 6:04 AM
Please do not destroy the environment with toxic sprays. Fish farms and oyster farms have created this problem and will destroy the wild fish and oysters not to mention humanity.
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Comment From: Matthew Hart

9/21/17 @ 7:49 AM
I will try and keep this civil, but I must say it is difficult. You are talking about spraying pesticides directly into a bay of the Pacific Ocean, to appease a single oyster company? Are you kidding me? There are known, direct impacts, on a variety ...↓
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Comment From: Bob Triggs

9/20/17 @ 6:26 AM
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should we allow the application of insecticides on our waters and aquatic wetlands. Especially not this chemical, not on the mudflats. All adjacent invertebrate and vertebrate species will be affected. This will have implicatio...↓
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Comment From: Jewell Hamilton

9/20/17 @ 2:30 AM
neonicotinoid pesticides should be banned. what about the bees?! even though this chemical application permit is for tidal areas, it will impact bees. I've seen all sorts of bees on the beach during my five and a half years as a professional beach c...↓
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