Your Reward is Diquat
As pesticide manufacturers have prodded the EPA to change their wording on various warnings for toxic materials, I suppose we should ignore the "POISON" skull and crossbones shown in their MSDS and "assume" Reward/Diquat is safe for many of the living beings in and around this small pond. I did see a great blue heron yesterday attempt to spear a fish. The blue heron got the fish but dropped it. Looked like a pretty good sized bluegill. There are possums which swim in this pond, also. Cats visit it frequently (there is a feral Manx who stops by in the evenings) Geese no longer show up as of about a week ago however many people have dogs in the area who walk this pond (Diquat may cause kidney problems, retinal detachment and cataracts in dogs and rats). It takes a while to damage their internal organs. There were no waterfowl in the pond this morning although two ducks did just fly in. I wish them all the best in their health and well-being. I hope the pond maintenance crew only added a small amount although the pond is now an opaque blue. MSDS on Solera Landscape & Aquatic Herbicide: s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/agrian-cg-fs1-production/pdfs/...
Only time will tell how the birds fare as no one else seems to be able to - we euthanize millions of birds every day when they can no longer produce: "Millions of bird deaths as US hit by avian flu outbreak" - www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/09/bird-flu-millions-b...
A rep from Thornton's call center said they do maintain this pond and they will "get in touch" about any concerns with this product. Perhaps they only maintain the water there and not the land surrounding it. I did receive a call back from Cody with Acquatic Control, Inc. and he was confident this product was safe for the habitat as it is approved by the EPA.
Your Reward is Diquat
As pesticide manufacturers have prodded the EPA to change their wording on various warnings for toxic materials, I suppose we should ignore the "POISON" skull and crossbones shown in their MSDS and "assume" Reward/Diquat is safe for many of the living beings in and around this small pond. I did see a great blue heron yesterday attempt to spear a fish. The blue heron got the fish but dropped it. Looked like a pretty good sized bluegill. There are possums which swim in this pond, also. Cats visit it frequently (there is a feral Manx who stops by in the evenings) Geese no longer show up as of about a week ago however many people have dogs in the area who walk this pond (Diquat may cause kidney problems, retinal detachment and cataracts in dogs and rats). It takes a while to damage their internal organs. There were no waterfowl in the pond this morning although two ducks did just fly in. I wish them all the best in their health and well-being. I hope the pond maintenance crew only added a small amount although the pond is now an opaque blue. MSDS on Solera Landscape & Aquatic Herbicide: s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/agrian-cg-fs1-production/pdfs/...
Only time will tell how the birds fare as no one else seems to be able to - we euthanize millions of birds every day when they can no longer produce: "Millions of bird deaths as US hit by avian flu outbreak" - www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/09/bird-flu-millions-b...
A rep from Thornton's call center said they do maintain this pond and they will "get in touch" about any concerns with this product. Perhaps they only maintain the water there and not the land surrounding it. I did receive a call back from Cody with Acquatic Control, Inc. and he was confident this product was safe for the habitat as it is approved by the EPA.