Posted on 09/01/08
Officials ask for emergency pesticide approval to fend off beetle
Provincial forestry officials are hoping for emergency federal approval of an insecticide derived from a tree grown in India that can protect against the emerald ash borer.To date, there has been no effective control for the voracious beetle that's eliminating a key component of the region's hardwood forest. It has chewed its way across Southwestern Ontario since it was detected in Michigan in 2002, and was found for the first time in Toronto last month.
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