SNAP DOMESTIC PESTICIDE RETAILER SURVEY 2007
NAME of BUSINESS Address, Town or city:
1. Do you sell the following reduced-risk pesticide products? The list starts from the PMRA reduced-risk list for domestic products(RR2006-03)with addition of recognized reduced-risk products. Please circleappropriate response.
NameUsePMRA registration #
Mechanical barriers
YES NO COPPER STOPPERSLUG & SNAIL EXCLUDER
YES NORow Cover – REEMAY AGRIBON other
YES NO Diatomaceous earth (insecticide)many
YES NO Tree Bands kits
Traps & Lures
YES NO Indian Meal Moth Traps
YES NO Apple Maggot Traps
YES NO Codling Moth Traps
YES NO Yellow Sticky Traps
YES NO Oter pest insect traps and/or lures
YES NO Slug & Snail Traps with Organic Bait
Beneficial Insects- Biological Controls
YES NO Beneficial nematodes for lawns grubs,fleas,iris borer etc
YES NO Ladybugs
YES NO Green Lacewings
YES NO Whitefly parasite –Encarsia Formosa
YES NO Aphid predator- Aphidoletes
Natural and Organic Fertilizers
YES NOSPOT CARE - Lawn Care Fertilizer (MUSHROOM TREATMENT)
YES NOSeaweed Fertilizer
YES NO Fish Fertilizers
YES NO Organic Fertilizers eg Raingrow etc
YES NO Organic Lawn and /or Garden Fertilizers
Herbicide
YES NOTOPGUN - Natural Weed Killer
YES NOAcetic acid (vinegar) many
YES NO Corn gluten meal (emergent - also fertilizer)27491, 27727, 28396
Insecticide
YES NO Btk (caterpillars)24536, 27251,
YES NO Bti (e.g. Aquabac)(mosquitoes)27374
YES NO Borax(ants) e.g. ANT ATTACKmany
YES NO Formic acid (mites)27836
YES NOInsecticidal soap (without mixed in permethrin, sumethrin, etc) many
YES NO Iron phosphate (slugs)26102, 26240, 28375
YES NO Slug & Snail Bait(slugs)
Repellents
YES NO Black Pepper Oil25789, 25829
YES NO Capsaicin many
YES NO Soybean oil (insect repellent)25749, 25750, 25751,25752
YES NOp-menthane-3,8-diol (botanical insect repellent) 27194
YES NONatural Mosquito or Fly repellent (replaces DEET)
YES NO Scent A Gone, Cridder Ridder. Plantskydd
YES NOGarlic Barrier (area mosquito repellent)(1)
1. “The PMRA has decided that the use of garlic as an area mosquito repellent does not pose any environmental or health concerns and that the requirement to register these products will not be insisted upon. The PMRA does not object to the marketing and use of garlic as an area mosquito repellent as a pest control product in Canada and no enforcement action will be taken.” (PMRA info-serve Feb.14. 2007, 12:38 Robert Martin, Regulatory Information Officer)
Others
YES NO DE-MOSS - Natural Moss and Algae Killer (soap)
YES NODEFENDER- Natural Fungicide (sulfur)
YES NONEEM SHINE AND NEEM AID
YES NO Agricultural lime
2. Which benefitsdo you see in selling reduced-risk pesticide products?
3. Which barriers do you see in selling reduced-risk pesticide products?
4. Do you use shelf signs or prompts to encourage use of reduced-risk products?
YES NO If yes, what kind of prompts or signs?
5. In your store, are these products presented in a separate display?
YES NO
6. a) Realizing that training and licensing is not currently required for domestic products sales, have any of your staff obtained a vendor’s license?
YES NO
b) If so, how many?
c) Is any of your staff knowledgeable or trained in reduced-risk pesticides?
YES NO
d) If so, how many?
7. It has been mentioned to SNAP that pesticides sales do not really contribute greatly to your overall profit, care to comment? Any other comments?
Thank you very much for taking this survey.
Please return to Saskatchewan Network for Alternatives to Pesticides Inc, (SNAP)
15 Olson Place,
Regina, SK,
S4S 2J6Tel (306) 584-2835