ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
We had region-wide curled leaves on Oak and Redbuds (and others, but those were the worst) that past few years. Last year wasn't bad... wanna know what was different? No over the top dicamba application for soybeans were permitted. It is back on the table this year. I'm working with a friend/college professor to start a sampling program to see if dicamba is in the rain, as expected.It seems the issue is that there aren't enough people being sufficiently affected by the 'bad actors'. If there were enough people being harmed in a way that's easy to see, there would probably be more demand for stronger enforcement.
Also, there is this:
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Summary of 6 Years of Monitoring and Tissue Analysis - Prairie Rivers Network
Herbicide drift — the movement of toxic chemicals through the air to a non-target site — is damaging wild and cultivated plants and trees throughout Illinois, threatening human health, and impairing our ability to adapt to a changing climate. The sources of drift are primarily from Illinois’...
There is little doubt that pesticides are moving off site. It's expensive to test. Even when it's identified, it's hard to say where it came from so there is no enforcement.