Comments on: News: Camacho & Bayer CropScience [EDIT] http://www.acigarsmoker.com/2010/07/13/news-camacho-bayer-cropscience-edit/ Cigar Reviews. Cigar Smokers and Shops – A Cigar Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barry http://www.acigarsmoker.com/2010/07/13/news-camacho-bayer-cropscience-edit/#comment-20365 Barry Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:41:46 +0000 http://www.acigarsmoker.com/?p=3194#comment-20365 Christian, Thank you for taking the time to visit my website. I am honored that you left a comment and look forward to meeting you again at IPCPR. Barry Christian,

Thank you for taking the time to visit my website. I am honored that you left a comment and look forward to meeting you again at IPCPR.

Barry

]]> By: Christian Eiroa http://www.acigarsmoker.com/2010/07/13/news-camacho-bayer-cropscience-edit/#comment-20361 Christian Eiroa Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:27:44 +0000 http://www.acigarsmoker.com/?p=3194#comment-20361 Dear Barry, Thank you very much for posting the story and Lindsay, thank you for your curiosity. Unfortunately, the Honduran government is nit offering tax incentives for adopting safer practices but I wish they did because it would help the country very much. This is Bayer's push and initiative. They approached us after noticing that we were pointing in that direction. Regards, Christian Eiroa Dear Barry,

Thank you very much for posting the story and Lindsay, thank you for your curiosity.

Unfortunately, the Honduran government is nit offering tax incentives for adopting safer practices but I wish they did because it would help the country very much. This is Bayer’s push and initiative. They approached us after noticing that we were pointing in that direction.

Regards,

Christian Eiroa

]]> By: Barry http://www.acigarsmoker.com/2010/07/13/news-camacho-bayer-cropscience-edit/#comment-20211 Barry Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:59:48 +0000 http://www.acigarsmoker.com/?p=3194#comment-20211 A tax break could of been an issue at hand, but without being able to verify it I believe that the potential regulation of tobacco from the FDA is a huge driving factor here. I'll be honest when it comes to this part of the science of cigars I am not as versed as I would like to be. But this partnership has spurred the desire to learn a little bit more... Thanks for the comment and insight Lindsay! A tax break could of been an issue at hand, but without being able to verify it I believe that the potential regulation of tobacco from the FDA is a huge driving factor here.

I’ll be honest when it comes to this part of the science of cigars I am not as versed as I would like to be. But this partnership has spurred the desire to learn a little bit more…

Thanks for the comment and insight Lindsay!

]]> By: Lindsay http://www.acigarsmoker.com/2010/07/13/news-camacho-bayer-cropscience-edit/#comment-20210 Lindsay Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:54:18 +0000 http://www.acigarsmoker.com/?p=3194#comment-20210 I find this very interesting not only in Christian's reference to "the green approach" (despite the fact that tobacco and cigar-making is about as green as it can get), but that Honduras is one of the few countries in the world using some of the most harmful pesticides out there. Along with other Central American countries like Guatemala and Panama -- where pesticides have been accredited to sickening and killing members of nearly-extinct native tribes -- Honduras has had exceedingly high concentrations of pesticides for a number of years now. Ironically enough Hurricane Mitch a few years back actually spread some really toxic pesticides throughout the country via wind and rain. In an attempt to play Devil's Advocate, I'm seriously wondering if the Eiroa family got either a tax break or some other incentive to go ahead and do this. That's generally how these things work.... I find this very interesting not only in Christian’s reference to “the green approach” (despite the fact that tobacco and cigar-making is about as green as it can get), but that Honduras is one of the few countries in the world using some of the most harmful pesticides out there. Along with other Central American countries like Guatemala and Panama — where pesticides have been accredited to sickening and killing members of nearly-extinct native tribes — Honduras has had exceedingly high concentrations of pesticides for a number of years now. Ironically enough Hurricane Mitch a few years back actually spread some really toxic pesticides throughout the country via wind and rain.

In an attempt to play Devil’s Advocate, I’m seriously wondering if the Eiroa family got either a tax break or some other incentive to go ahead and do this. That’s generally how these things work….

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