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EVIDENCE OF TAX MONEY WASTED


Thirteen years and thousands of dollars ( federal tax money) were spent 
studying the effects of WOUND DRESSINGS.  Wound dressings are any 
substance applied to tree wounds to stop rot and stop invasions by pest, 
e.g., pruner sealer, wound dressing and paints.  The studies were by Alex 
L. Shigo and Walter C. Shortle at the North Eastern Experimental Forestry 
 Station in Durham,  New Hampshire USA.  I personally have had the 
pleasure of speaking with  both men.  Any tax money spent on research 
either of these two men has been involved with  has proven to have been 
100 fold in return.  The results, of the THIRTEEN YEAR studies,  were 
that wound dressings and treatments applied to the face of wounds on 
trees, never increased the trees' ability to close efficiently or deter 
pests.  More so, commonly the increase of decay took place when they 
applied wound dressings.  Further, the renown DR. ALEX L. SHIGO and his 
associates rewrote the book on pruning and wounds.  This was a time when 
they did not waste our TAX MONEY.  
REFERENCE: WOUND DRESSINGS: RESULTS OF STUDIES OVER 13 YEARS. by Alex L. 
Shigo and Walter C. Shortle in the Journal of Arboriculture 9(12): 
December 1983.
Now,  MONEY IS WASTED when the EPA does not respect the results of the 
research we paid to  have done.  I.e., when they issue a PESTICIDE 
REGISTRATION NUMBER to many companies to place products like wound 
dressing and pruner sealer on the shelves of our stores.  No scientific 
evidence has ever been properly presented to show that any of these 
products (dressings and sealers) do what they say they do on the label!  
 However, evidence does show the ability to cause the increase of rot and 
yes, they are carcinogenic.  So people who are uneducated in the anatomy 
of trees are misled daily at our expense!  Something to think about.  
The problem with wound dressings is that we have been lead to believe 
that we can do whatever we want to that tree.  Then just like a band aid 
we can use wound dressings and paints and it is a forgiveness of sin.  
THIS HAS YET TO BE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN UNDER PROPER RESEARCH.
I really question if this is just an example of how the EPA forgets other 
research done at our expense and then registers other pesticides, i.e., 
which have the ability to hurt pregnant women, children, pets, wild life, 
water, and the list goes on.

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John A. Keslick Jr.              There is no scientific data to show
Professional Modern Arborist     that TRUNK WRAPS prevent heat or
& Tree Biologist                 cold injuries.  Nor is there any 
Phone: 610-696-5353              data to show that WOUND DRESSINGS
organic tree treatment web site: stop rot.  There is data to show that
http://www.ccil.org/~treeman/    that both can cause decline of
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