{"id":32457,"date":"2023-02-27T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=32457"},"modified":"2023-02-26T19:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:26:48","slug":"take-action-sustainable-roadmap-falls-short-of-what-is-needed-to-solve-existential-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2023\/02\/take-action-sustainable-roadmap-falls-short-of-what-is-needed-to-solve-existential-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: Sustainable &#8220;Roadmap&#8221; Falls Short of What Is Needed To Solve Existential Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, February 27, 2023) California\u2019s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is asking for comments on its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdpr.ca.gov\/docs\/sustainable_pest_management_roadmap\/spm_executive_summary_web.pdf\">Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap<\/a>\u201d by 5 pm (PST) March 13, 2023. While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides\u2014while failing to embrace the elimination of farm inputs harmful to ecosystems and the capacity of soil biology to cycle nutrients and draw down the maximum amount of atmospheric carbon. The Roadmap\u2019s off-handed rejection of organic practices, rather than building on organic systems, creates a lost opportunity for adopting a holistic and serious solution to the current crises of health threats from pesticides, biodiversity collapse, and the climate emergency.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/OOeCkh8JaEm4IBWsariygQ2\">Tell DPR to revise its destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>DPR\u2019s Roadmap states these goals:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong><em>By 2050<\/em><\/strong>, eliminate the use of Priority Pesticides by transitioning to SPM.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong><em>By 2050<\/em><\/strong>, SPM will be adopted as the <em>de facto<\/em> pest management system in California.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>DPR says \u201cThe criteria for classifying pesticides as \u201cPriority Pesticides\u201d include, but are not limited to, hazard and risk classifications, availability of effective alternative products or practices, and special consideration of pest management situations that potentially cause severe or widespread adverse impacts. . .. Priority Pesticides are a subset of high-risk pesticides. We define \u2018high risk\u2019 pesticides as active ingredients that are highly hazardous and\/or formulations or uses that pose a likelihood of, or are known to cause, significant or widespread human and\/or ecological impacts from their use.\u201d [Grammar and spelling are corrected.]<\/p>\r\n<p>To set as a goal elimination of these pesticides\u2014by definition the worst of the worst\u2014by 2050 is to accept another generation of their use. This is another generation of using \u201cgroundwater contaminants, toxic air contaminants, and restricted products as well as carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, reproductive and developmental toxicants, and environmental toxicants, such as those toxic to pollinators, mammals, birds, and fish.\u201d A roadmap to this destination is clearly inadequate because the destination does not fully address the existential threats we are facing, in significant part created by petrochemical pesticide and fertilizer use.<\/p>\r\n<p>The second goal is the adoption of SPM as the <em>de facto<\/em> pest management system in California. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a 60-year-old approach to agricultural practice that, when first conceived and implemented, had among its goals a significant reduction of synthetic pesticide use, and the health, environmental, and ecosystemic benefits that would flow from that. However, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13593-021-00689-w\">study published in 2021 concluded<\/a>, IPM has overall been unsuccessful in achieving those goals. DPR recognizes shortcomings of IPM, but its substitute, SPM, does not address the crucial deficiencies of IPM.<\/p>\r\n<p>DPR describes SPM as \u201ca holistic, whole-system approach applicable in agricultural and other managed ecosystems and urban and rural communities that builds on the concept of integrated pest management (IPM) to include the wider context of the three sustainability pillars: human health and social equity, environmental protection, and economic vitality.\u201d This \u201cevolution of the IPM concept,\u201d however, does not address the key deficiency of IPM\u2014defining the conditions under which pesticide use is \u201cnecessary\u201d or warranted.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition, SPM shows no signs of being rooted in the health of soil and people. Organic agriculture, on the other hand, is a systems approach to building healthy soils, plants, and animals, in which \u201cpests\u201d become minor factors. The result is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/programs\/organic-agriculture\/why-organic\/health-benefits\">healthy people<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/programs\/organic-agriculture\/why-organic\/environmental-benefits\">healthy ecosystem<\/a>. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/resources\/safety-source-on-pesticide-providers\/what-is-integrated-pest-management\">strong IPM<\/a> in urban systems focuses on building healthy systems that prevent pest problems. Both organic agriculture and strong, defined IPM seek to eliminate <strong>all toxic chemicals, <\/strong>while working with and respecting nature.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ota.com\/resources\/market-analysis\">The Organic Trade Association<\/a> reports that organic sales now exceed $63 billion per year, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/Publications\/Highlights\/2022\/2022_Organic_Highlights.pdf\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a> (USDA) finds that organic producers in the U.S. produced $11.2 billion worth of organic food on 4.9 million acres in 2021. California has long been a leader in organic production. DPR must immediately undertake a comprehensive effort to transition California agriculture to organic. Similarly, the explosive growth in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/resources\/lawns-and-landscapes\/overview\">organic parks<\/a> and least-toxic building management shows that a slow, piecemeal transition will unnecessarily expose a whole generation of Californians to highly toxic chemicals.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/OOeCkh8JaEm4IBWsariygQ2\"><strong>Tell DPR to revise its destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><u>Letter to DPR<\/u>:<\/p>\r\n<p>While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides. While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides\u2014while failing to embrace the elimination of farm inputs harmful to ecosystems and the capacity of soil biology to cycle nutrients and draw down the maximum amount of atmospheric carbon. The Roadmap\u2019s off-handed rejection of organic practices creates a lost opportunity for adopting a holistic and serious solution to the current crises of health threats from pesticides, biodiversity collapse, and the climate emergency.<\/p>\r\n<p>DPR\u2019s Roadmap states these goals:<\/p>\r\n<p><em>By 2050<\/em>, eliminate the use of Priority Pesticides by transitioning to SPM.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>By 2050<\/em>, SPM will be adopted as the <em>de facto<\/em> pest management system in California.<\/p>\r\n<p>To set as a goal elimination of these pesticides\u2014by definition the worst of the worst\u2014by 2050 is to accept another generation of their use. This is another generation of using \u201cgroundwater contaminants, toxic air contaminants, and restricted products as well as carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, reproductive and developmental toxicants, and environmental toxicants, such as those toxic to pollinators, mammals, birds, and fish.\u201d A roadmap to this destination is clearly inadequate because the destination does not fully address the existential threats we are facing, in significant part created by petrochemical pesticide and fertilizer use.<\/p>\r\n<p>The second goal is the adoption of SPM as the <em>de facto<\/em> pest management system in California by 2050. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a 60-year-old approach to agricultural practice that, when first conceived and implemented, had among its goals a significant reduction of synthetic pesticide use, and the health, environmental, and ecosystemic benefits that would flow from that. However, IPM has overall been unsuccessful in achieving those goals. DPR recognizes shortcomings of IPM, but its substitute, SPM, does not address the crucial deficiencies of IPM.<\/p>\r\n<p>DPR\u2019s \u201cevolution of the IPM concept,\u201d does not address the key deficiency of IPM\u2014defining the conditions under which pesticide use is \u201cnecessary\u201d or warranted.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition, SPM shows no signs of being rooted in the health of soil and people. Organic agriculture, on the other hand, is a systems approach to building healthy soils, plants, and animals, in which \u201cpests\u201d become minor factors. The result is healthy people and a healthy ecosystem. Similarly, strong IPM in urban systems focuses on building healthy systems that prevent pest problems. Both organic agriculture and strong, defined IPM seek to eliminate <strong>all toxic chemicals,<\/strong> while working with and respecting nature.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Organic Trade Association reports that organic sales now exceed $63 billion per year, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that organic producers in the U.S. produced $11.2 billion worth of organic food on 4.9 million acres in 2021. California has long been a leader in organic production. DPR must immediately undertake a comprehensive effort to transition California agriculture to organic. Similarly, the explosive growth in organic parks and least toxic building management shows that a slow, piecemeal transition will unnecessarily expose a whole generation of Californians to highly toxic chemicals.<\/p>\r\n<p>DPR\u2019s roadmap is inadequate. Please revise the destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, February 27, 2023) California\u2019s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is asking for comments on its \u201cSustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap\u201d by 5 pm (PST) March 13, 2023. While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides\u2014while failing to embrace the elimination of farm inputs harmful to ecosystems and the capacity of soil biology to cycle nutrients and draw down the maximum amount of atmospheric carbon. The Roadmap\u2019s off-handed rejection of organic practices, rather than building on organic systems, creates a lost opportunity for adopting a holistic and serious solution to the current crises of health threats from pesticides, biodiversity collapse, and the climate emergency. Tell DPR to revise its destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices. DPR\u2019s Roadmap states these goals: By 2050, eliminate the use of Priority Pesticides by transitioning to SPM. By 2050, SPM will be adopted as the de facto pest management system in California. DPR says \u201cThe criteria for classifying pesticides as \u201cPriority Pesticides\u201d include, but are not limited to, hazard and risk classifications, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,352,539,54,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-biodiversity","category-climate","category-climate-change","category-diseasehealth-effects","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take Action: Sustainable &quot;Roadmap&quot; Falls Short of What Is Needed To Solve Existential Crises - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2023\/02\/take-action-sustainable-roadmap-falls-short-of-what-is-needed-to-solve-existential-crises\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take Action: Sustainable &quot;Roadmap&quot; Falls Short of What Is Needed To Solve Existential Crises - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, February 27, 2023) California\u2019s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is asking for comments on its \u201cSustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap\u201d by 5 pm (PST) March 13, 2023. While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides\u2014while failing to embrace the elimination of farm inputs harmful to ecosystems and the capacity of soil biology to cycle nutrients and draw down the maximum amount of atmospheric carbon. The Roadmap\u2019s off-handed rejection of organic practices, rather than building on organic systems, creates a lost opportunity for adopting a holistic and serious solution to the current crises of health threats from pesticides, biodiversity collapse, and the climate emergency. Tell DPR to revise its destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices. DPR\u2019s Roadmap states these goals: By 2050, eliminate the use of Priority Pesticides by transitioning to SPM. 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While recognizing problems inherent in traditional integrated pest management (IPM), DPR\u2019s roadmap is directing us to a destination that includes another generation of exposure to the worst of the worst pesticides\u2014while failing to embrace the elimination of farm inputs harmful to ecosystems and the capacity of soil biology to cycle nutrients and draw down the maximum amount of atmospheric carbon. The Roadmap\u2019s off-handed rejection of organic practices, rather than building on organic systems, creates a lost opportunity for adopting a holistic and serious solution to the current crises of health threats from pesticides, biodiversity collapse, and the climate emergency. Tell DPR to revise its destination to immediately eliminate the worst pesticides and implement wide scale transition to organic practices. DPR\u2019s Roadmap states these goals: By 2050, eliminate the use of Priority Pesticides by transitioning to SPM. 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