- All About Alar - NRDC
Among those chemicals was Alar (trade name for daminozide), a growth regulator (not a pesticide) that's sprayed on apple trees to cut waste and labor costs by keeping fruit from falling before it
- An Unhappy Anniversary: The Alar Scare Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, on February 26, 1989, an environmental health canard was made public, hyperbolically The principal result was mass hysteria over Alar¨¬a chemical product that was not otherwise noteworthy except for its usefulness to apple growers and apple consumers
- Alar | dimethylamino | Britannica
The chemical spray Alar [N-(dimethylamino) succinamic acid] applied four to six weeks after bloom on apple not only reduces fruit drop at harvest but increases red colour, firmness, and return bloom the next year, in addition to other advantages
- U. S. EPA, Pesticide Product Label, ALAR-85, 02 24 1986
ALAR-85 may promote an increase in fruit bud development and setthe year following treatment To maximize this advantage and assure optimum fruit size and quality, improve tree vigor through fertilization, pruning and
- PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Alar, the trade name for daminozide, and its breakdown product during heating, UDMH, are animal and "probable human" carcinogens Besides the scientific evidence, 60 Minutes has been repeatedly
- Alar Panic Shows Power of Media to Trigger Fear - Los Angeles Times
Alar Panic Shows Power of Media to Trigger Fear : Health: ’60 Minutes’ broadcast created scare at time when the industry was already moving away from use of the chemical The warning--uttered on
- What is a banned apple orchard spray? - Answers
Alar was a fruit spray containing the chemical daminozide Alar was used as a pesticide and sprayed on fruit, mainly apples, during the 60's, 70's and 80's The concern of the effects from
- Alar: The Great Apple Scare - The Heartland Institute
Alar is the trade name for a compound that was sometimes sprayed on apple trees before apples formed, to reduce early drop, thus extending the harvest season It also extended the shelf life of apples and improved their color, which we now know increases their nutritional value
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