Adirondack Explorer

It’s debatable

Scientific evidence missing

Adirondack communities are increasingly using the contested pesticide ProcellaCOR to kill invasive milfoil without scientific knowledge of what harm it might do to other plants, invertebrates, fish and the quality of the water itself in the lakes we love and enjoy.

Adirondack Park Agency (APA) approvals for ProcellaCOR’s use cannot rely on limited information and assumptions. We need scientific planning, monitoring and assessment. As a lake scientist, I believe we have to make decisions based on what we know, not what

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