They should all be dead!

So Why Aren’t They?

 

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Considering all the pesticides  we've dumped on pests in our lives; they should be gone! But, they are not!

Since the earliest part of the last century, we have been told that by using one more product those pesky what-ever-it-is, will be the forgotten past!

And once more we, the Consumer, or Professional, lose a large wad of cash to unfulfilled expectations.

Please don’t get me wrong, scientists want to kill these bugs. However, water pollution, soil degradation, cancers, tumors, estrogen imbalances, animal and human deformities, and insect resistance have become the obilgatory side effects.

Sadly, more than 98% of all chemical insecticides applied, completely miss their target species, and they zero in on the environmentally precious,from the microscopic plankton to the top food chain predators, pesticides shake the very foundation of our food chain itself.

Chemical compounds once thought to improve animal and plant

production have become contaminates to the land and water. They can not be sealed away from any water shed and spread out into our environment as chemical mists riding along trade winds throughout the earth. Once a pesticide is released into the environment, no one checks for damage until the damage is done.

 

Eastern Juniper trees

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The amount of pesticide that migrates from the intended application area is also influenced by that particular chemical's properties: its propensity for binding to soil, its vapor pressure, its water solubility, and resistance to being broken down over time. (Some chemical clouds will travel two or three counties or even covering half a state.)

The implication for Conventional pesticide causing global environment changes out weighs all global warming/cooling climate warnings, and can be traced directly, in many cases, to the extinction or near extinction of many species on earth; from amphibians to mammals, world wide; to fish and crustaceans in the ocean, all of these creatures have deformities or other chemical reactions influencing their extinction.

As humanity uses more and more complex chemical compounds that just cause resistance on the pest that it is designed to kill, or change the genetic codes turning that whatever creature into a Modern Frankenstein.

The logs of the virginianas contain a substance that has the potential to transform the pest killing business.  Imagine dead parisitic bugs and healthy beneficial insects in the same place at the same time and both subject to the same spray, only the harmful bugs are killed or repelled.

HOW CAN THIS BE?

A claim like that can cause disbeleif or curiosity. 

Today, we have a scientifically validated natural process that has only recently been unlocked, however if you are willing to suspend your disbelief as you continue reading, you will discover that it just seems too simple, but it  really work. The sapwood of the Juniperus virginiana is a prolific generator of pheromones. This distilled essence only affects insects and animals that are pheromone dependant.

Eastern Juniper Juniperus virginiana.

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The Juniperus Virginana tree belongs   to an exclusive crowd, dating back to   the time of the dinosaurs; it is one tough class of conifers. Juniper berries are the only fruit harvested from a conifer and used for human consumption. The attraction, the aroma of the juniper is stronger than that of most cedars, and it is the immune system of the tree.

Resins are distilled from the wood or berries to make perfume grade aromatics, used today, and preservatives such wood as resins have been used since the earliest records of man.

So really when discussing cedar wood oil it is more like pine oil in its qualities, stronger, more effective as a surfactant cleaner, bactericide, fungicide cedar wood oil or Juniper Virginana essential oil is the most potent of both any cedar or juniper tree species.

Modern scientists have finally broke the code that makes this oil a surfactant, penetrating the exoskeleton of insects, or the pheromone sensing organs of reptiles or mammals that depend on those organs for essential functions, such as scorpions, rodents, or snakes. The links that held the volatiles in solution, are now free to become penetrates for wood preservation, insect control products and a natural barrier system to eliminate pest problems in any area without harming delicate fabrics, furnishings, or fine woods.

pheromone (from Greek φέρω phero "to bear" + hormone from Greek ὁρμή - "impetus") is a chemical signal that triggers a natural response in another member of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology. Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition, some vertebrates and plants communicate by using pheromones.

Animals

Pheromones of pest insect species, such as the Japanese beetle and the gypsy moth, can be used to induce many behaviors. As a result, a pheromone trap can be used to trap pests for monitoring purposes, to control the population by creating confusion, to disrupt mating, as well as to prevent further egg laying.

In mammals and reptiles, pheromones may be detected by the vomeronasal organ (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, which lies between the nose and mouth and is the first stage of the accessory olfactory system. Some pheromones in these animals are detected by regular olfactory membranes.

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