This can't happen anymore

[hobbyfrmr]

I doubt if onr lab would say it is Matador. They would identify it as a chemical name, not a companu name, sounds like bull crap to me.

Agreed. The lab would identify the chemical, not the commercial name. This is where the news article goes sideways. They attached it to the commercial name Matador. I am more curious than ever how that chemical ended up in the lake. It may be something entirely different. I hope they find the source.

[furrowtickler]

Have to agree sumdum - this story sounds fishy .
Maybe the sorce of the story is a pot head smoking tree hugger wearing a toque in the middle of summer in 32 deg weather ???
Just a guess

[farmaholic]

Have to agree sumdum - this story sounds fishy .
Maybe the sorce of the story is a pot head smoking tree hugger wearing a toque in the middle of summer in 32 deg weather ???
Just a guess

Too funny furrow....but true all to often.

I was going to bring that up about using the trade/product name. The chemical name should have been used and the source is?????

[pourfarmer]

Sorry Google is wrong on this one

Ok, here is where I found the info:

https://www.lakepedia.com/lake/seech.html

"Seech Lake is a natural lake that covers a surface area of 0.61 km2 (0.24 mi2), has an average depth of 4 meters (12 feet). Seech Lake has a total shore line of 4 kilometers (2 miles). The lake, which sits at an elevation of 617 meters (2,025 feet), drains a whatershed that covers 2 km2 (0.77 mi2) and has a residence time of 12,472 days (35 years)."

[sumdumguy]

Like I tell my mother, "don't eat it all up". So many people suck it all in, bull crap and all.

[hobbyfrmr]

Like I tell my mother, "don't eat it all up". So many people suck it all in, bull crap and all.

Agreed. There are holes in the story. No chemical name, only a commercial product name. I am not eating it all up, but it sure sounds serious. If the chemical identified by Health Canada had it ls proper name publicized,people could dig deeper to see if it may actually occur naturally in a waterbody under the right conditions. Then we would have sensationalized fake news.
If not chemically possible in a water body then it goes back to pesticide use.

[Jay-mo]

Who is going to dump enough "matador" into a lake to be a problem. The stuff is not free and last I checked farmers generally don't pay good money for something and dump it in a lake!

[Klause]

Lambda-cyhalothrin is synthetic there is no way for it to be created in nature.


Did y'all ever think the reporter did some research? Lay people don't know what Lambda-cyhalothrin is but if you Google it matador comes up.


Plus matador sounds way less scary... So I think they did is a favour.

[biglentil]

Maybe it leached outa some recycled drainage tile, made outa chemical jugs. Just joking! Someone f'd up im sure it was an accident. Overfilled a sprayer perhaps, but most likely inversion that wasn' t even noticed floated over the lake. Conditions have been ideal for inversion for last month or so. Notice the dust and mist hanging in the evenings. Lots just take the chance, some do not know about inversion. High baro pressure, large temp swings from daytime to evening, very low wind all very common lately. If air near the ground is warmer than the air at 6ft+ it very dangerous. Be careful out there.