Sudden Oak Death: Battling an Invasive Disease

[KennyReddwooddforest]

Sudden Oak Death, Phytophthora, is not a natural disease according to wild life before resource exploitation began. Phytophthora and many other fungi were the direct result of pollution, a shift in the eco systems, and human housing development. Then illnesses are being treated with even more harmful measures than the diseases themselves. This cycle of damage has no end in sight. We must rethink our solutions. It is not pesticides which will help the eco systems. We have to stop polluting.

[KennyReddwooddforest]

Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, states that from 1950 to 1998, breast cancers increased by 60 percent, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma and multiple myeloma increased by 200 percent, prostate cancer increased by 200 percent, and testicular cancer between the ages 28 and 35, increased by 300 percent. Pesticides/fungicides are the reason for this.

[yanmyrat]

This video is outrageous!!! It is totally based on the Agenta 21 signed in 1992 by all countries in UN. Using the excuse of sustainability of the planet they want to create huge areas with NO HUMANS and also to put travelling and tourism unders strict control. This video is all propaganda and terrorism. Again they blame people. No word about chemtrails - no word about biological warfare. Just like E-coli that killed already so many. NWO's plans to reduce and control us al!!!

[originalcause]

Has the soil pH been tested in the areas where SOD is occurring? Something as simple as acidified soil could weaken the health of trees so that they succumb to a pathogen that they would ordinarily be immune to. It's a fact that chemtrail spraying is increasing soil acidity. Have you watched "What in the World are They Spraying?"

[fabflockfinder]

Hey ben great job. Lotta good info in an easily digestable format. I learned a lot. Is it spread by non humans?

[BenjaminBettenhausen]

Thanks. I'm not sure about the pathogen's movement by animals. I believe the main source of contagion to be airborne by mist and fog.

[mazidtheraider]

If P. ramorum were spread by mist there wouldn't be much hope to control its spread, and it we would already be making documentaries about where all the tanoak went. Splashing and animal vectors are most likely the primary means of spread.

[ChadWork1]

Comments: Too much "live typey" style in the title. Nice shot of the mold around 2:39 . Ranger is lit better than Elk vid.

Maybe instead of "Sudden oak death syndrome" It's a "Munchhausen by Proxy" from one of the other species?

Some aliasing on the moving map at 4:09... Move slower, or put a slight blur on the map. There's a filter in photoshop too.

Nice timelaps of the clouds. Good camera work..

Great animal shots! Was that bird at 7:05 from the wildlife refuge by Loleta? He looks familiar.

[BenjaminBettenhausen]

Thanks for all the feedback. All the footage, except for the wildfire near Big Sur, came from the Point Reyes National Seashore area.