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(Beyond Pesticides, February 2, 2016)<\/em> Boulder, Colorado\u2019s McGuckin Hardware is setting an example for hardware stores across the country by removing bee-toxic neonicotinoids from its store shelves, and working to reorient its customers toward natural, holistic practices. McGuckin\u2019s change is the latest in a movement among local hardware businesses to take a stand against toxic pesticides that are harmful to pollinators and unnecessary to control problem pests. \u201cWe wanted to be one of the first to get rid of them,\u201d said Steve Wilke, McGuckins marketing communications specialist in a piece published in Hardware Retailing, a newsletter run by the North American Retail Hardware Association.<\/p>\n

Local and national advocates are praising McGuckin\u2019s shift away from products that harm pollinators. \u201cPeople are very excited about the dramatic steps McGuckin\u2019s has taken to get neonics out of our environment,\u201d said David \"mcguckin\"Wheeler of the local pollinator-advocacy organization Bee Safe Boulder. Bee Safe Boulder<\/a> is a coalition of concerned Boulder residents that successfully fought for the passage of a pollinator resolution in the City of Boulder<\/a>, Layfayette, and Boulder County, Colorado<\/a>. The organization also has a project aimed at encouraging local retailers to stop selling plants coated in neonicotinoids; 18 retailers in the area<\/a>, including McGuckin Hardware, have signed the group\u2019s pledge.<\/p>\n

Neonicotinoids are systemic pesticides, or whole plant poisons, taken up by a plant\u2019s vascular system and expressed in the pollen, nectar, and dew drops it emits. They are also highly persistent, with research showing the potential for certain chemicals in the class, such as clothianidin, to have a half-life of up to 15 years<\/a>. Study after study<\/a> has showed significant cause for concern when it comes to pollinators and exposure to these pesticides. Although little substantive action on these chemicals has been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency recently agreed<\/a> that the pesticides do harm bees, though only in the limited situations and constrained scenarios that were actually investigated by EPA.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Friends of the Earth, Beyond Pesticides and other allies released a report<\/a> that found over half of garden plant samples purchased at major retailers like Lowe\u2019s and Home Depot contained neonicotinoid pesticides. In response, concerned residents donned bee outfits and took to the streets<\/a> to encourage national retailers \u2014 Lowe\u2019s, Home Depot, Ace, and TrueValue, to remove toxic neonicotinoids and plants coated with the chemical from store shelves.<\/p>\n

While national retailers have been responsive (Lowe\u2019s<\/a> and Home Depot<\/a> have committed to phasing out neonicotinoids, and Ace has provided some indication it will move in that direction), local retailers such as McGuckin Hardware and Eldredge Lumber and Hardware in York, ME, have outpaced these chains. These stores are now working on educating customers on a systems approach to pest management, rather than one centered on toxic pesticides, or even least-toxic replacement pesticides. \u201cIt\u2019s our hope that people will stop looking for that silver bullet approach,\u201d said Steve Wilke of McGuckin. \u201cWe\u2019re kind of treading carefully moving forward to prevent another (neonicotinoid) situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eliminating the sale of harmful pesticides doesn\u2019t mean that retailers will have nothing left to sell their customers. Last year Beyond Pesticides released The Well Stocked Hardware<\/a> store, an on-line toolkit with example products to help hardware stores replace their stock of toxic pesticides with products that support a systems approach. Beyond Pesticides also highlighted the actions of Eldredge Lumber through the video Making the Switch<\/a>. You’re protecting your environment, you’re protecting your family, your children and grandchildren, and your neighbors. Nobody wants to have pesticides drifting into their front or year yard, and people are just loving it, they’re feeding into it. I couldn’t be happier,” says owner Scott Eldredge in the video.<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides encourages concerned residents to share these materials and encourage your own local hardware store to follow suit. If they already are, let us know by sending an email to info@beyondpesticides.org. For folks not near a forward-thinking hardware business, see the comprehensive directory of companies and organizations<\/a> that sell organic seeds and plants. Included in this directory are seeds for vegetables, flowers, and herbs, as well as live plants and seedlings.<\/p>\n

Source: Hardware Retailing<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Local and national advocates are praising McGuckin\u2019s shift away from products that harm pollinators. \u201cPeople are very excited about the dramatic steps McGuckin\u2019s has taken to get neonics out of our environment,\u201d said David Wheeler of the local pollinator-advocacy organization Bee Safe Boulder. Bee Safe Boulder is a coalition of concerned Boulder residents that successfully fought for the passage of a pollinator resolution in the City of Boulder, Layfayette, and Boulder County, Colorado. 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