1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/<blockquote>Immigrant species are bad - they have done great harm all over. Safe rule of thumb - if people can (and do) eat the species, its ok. For example no fruit trees have become pests big time even though we import all kinds of food.</blockquote> This is a comment made in response to <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/search?rbauthors=Mark+Davis">Mark Davis</a>' Sept 25 2009 article in  New Scientist, <em><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327275.900-immigrant-species-arent-all-bad.html" target="_blank">Immigrant Species Aren't All Bad</a> </em>(thanks to Marco Antonio Castro Cosio for sending).rich