Locust Control Pesticides and their Environmental Impacts.

Metarhizium anisopliae

-Includes 'Green Guard', 'Green Muscle' and similar products.

Known Effects of Metarhizium anisopliae on Fish. USA EPA

http://www.int-res.com/articles/dao/22/d022p163.pdf

Non-target effects of Metarhizium anisopliae

http://www.lubilosa.org/Inediss.PDF

Further toxicity evidence for frogs, fish,crustaceans, rats and other insects.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/...

Production of mutagenic metabolites by Metarhizium anisopliae and word of caution in its use as a bio-control agent.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/...

Mutant Metarhizium anisopliae discovered with enhaced ability to persist under different environmental conditions

http://www.springerlink.com/content/...

Known Toxicity to Planthoppers

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Study on the effects on Reptiles

-None identified, but two lizards died one week later!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12836967

Adaptability and threat of Genetic engineering of Metarhizium with spliced scorpion toxin producing genes.

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~ychen89/ychen89...

Australian Plague Locust Commission finally publically admits some of the non-target impacts of Metarhizium anisopliae

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/08/...

Fenitrothion

• Fentitrotion Review.
• Locust spraying killing brids etc.
• Killing and injuring Singing Bushlarks through direct exposure.
• Mass death of birds from secondary poisoning.
  

http://permits.nra.gov.au/products/review/docs/...

ERMA New Zealand, Review of Fenitrothion

http://archive.ermanz.govt.nz/consultations/...

Fipronil

Extreme toxicity to reptiles through secondary poisoining

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12836967

Chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos - Identification, toxicity, use, water pollution potential, ecological toxicity and regulatory informa

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?...

Malathion

Malathion - Identification, toxicity, use, water pollution potential, ecological toxicity and regulatory information

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?...

Pesticides and Environment General

PAN europe

http://www.pan-europe.info/Resources/Briefings/...

Pesticides and Environment General

Australian Plague Locust Commission, Activity Report 2007-2008. Organophosphate exposure, high sensitivity in Australian mammals. Page 26.

http://www.daffa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/847128/aplc-annrep07-08.pdf

Hansard

Parliametary "Science" on Locust control descisions

Mr WALSH -- "They were decisions based on science. The science was driving around and the car was covered in locusts after it had gone a few kilometres, and everyone knew that......"

http://tex.parliament.vic.gov.au/bin/texhtmlt...

Landholders forced to use chemicals

Special Government Gazette stating that landholders must treat locusts with chemicals

http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes...

Locust control chemicals and the environment

SA NRM volunteer quits over banned poisons program

http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com/...

Locust Management Alternatives

Accidental repellent effects observed (Australia)

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/nsw/content/2010/04/...

General Wildlife and Locusts

Monkeys feasting on Locusts in Ethiopia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid...