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milestogo

(23,314 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:46 PM Friday

EPA Approves Use Of Napalm As Pesticide

Farmers May Now Treat Crops With Aerial Applications Of Fire


According to regulators, the pests that threaten harvests are deterred when great fires rain down from above.

Published: June 12, 2026
SATIRE

WASHINGTON—Saying they saw no reason to limit any potential agricultural use of the flammable combination of gelling agents and gasoline, officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved napalm as a pesticide Friday. “Following a thorough review, the EPA has found that napalm, with its ability to burn at temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, is highly effective for both weed management and pest control,” said Administrator Lee Zeldin, who sought to assure the public that the highly incendiary liquid, which removes unwanted insects, fungus, rodents, raccoons, and deer with the press of a flamethrower trigger, posed no threat to human health whatsoever.

“The evidence shows commercial farms lose far fewer crops to pests once all wildlife in the area has been thoroughly fire-bombed. We also urge napalm’s widespread adoption in small backyard gardens, where slugs and snails can be easily engulfed in a ball of flame.” The move follows a statement from the EPA last month encouraging farmers to control rabbit populations by lining the perimeter of their fields with land mines.

https://theonion.com/epa-approves-use-of-napalm-as-pesticide/

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EPA Approves Use Of Napalm As Pesticide (Original Post) milestogo Friday OP
JFC, I really had to check the link first! niyad Friday #1
Same here SheltieLover Friday #4
Me too. Passages Friday #6
That's horrible biophile Friday #2
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. usonian Friday #3
Corporate take on slash and burn agriculture. PufPuf23 Friday #5
This is satire people senseandsensibility Friday #7
Note that I realized the OP was satire. PufPuf23 Friday #10
You did notice that we all acknowledged this, yes? niyad Friday #11
Pests, you know, like Democrats Turbineguy Friday #8
Don't give them any ideas! niyad Friday #12
Ha ! That reminds me of an old "Doonesbury" cartoon ... eppur_se_muova Friday #9
!!! niyad Friday #13

biophile

(1,650 posts)
2. That's horrible
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:53 PM
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It kills everything- fire is not selective. And hard to control.
This is awful.
It’s not beyond them to do this - onion don’t give them any ideas!

usonian

(26,983 posts)
3. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 05:03 PM
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" The smell, you know, the smell, the whole hill. Smelled like…tasty fried onions.


🧅 🧅🧅🧅🧅

PufPuf23

(10,002 posts)
5. Corporate take on slash and burn agriculture.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 05:22 PM
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Jellied fuels are sometimes used in forest regeneration to clear for tree planting while reducing competing vegetation and pests and pathogens. Fire can be used by as tool for creating undesirable tree monocultures. Fire is also a tool in forest management and part of the natural cycle. The jellied fuels are also used in setting backfires to fight wildfires. There is one system that essentially uses ping ponds balls filled with napalm for aerial application.

Have an acquaintance that is currently at UC Santa Cruz developing an AI and laser system to replace glyphosate and similar in weeding agriculture crops.

PufPuf23

(10,002 posts)
10. Note that I realized the OP was satire.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 06:07 PM
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Fire can be part of agriculture or forestry and is usually far more environmentally benign or helpful than a chemical pesticide or fertilizer.

eppur_se_muova

(42,844 posts)
9. Ha ! That reminds me of an old "Doonesbury" cartoon ...
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 06:04 PM
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