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Community forum on aerial pesticide spraying

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Santa Cruz based LBAM spray blog

www.1hope.org
Monterey lawsuit information

www.cassonline.org
California Alliance to Stop The Spray

www.stopthespraymarin.org
Marin organizes against aerial spray

Play Not Spray
A coalition of parents and other concerned San Franciscans

http://www.veganreader.com
Vegans blogging against aerial spray

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Petition to Stop Aerial Spraying in Sacramento and Yolo Counties

www.dontspraycalifornia.org
General information about pesticide dangers and alternatives including GWSS and West Nile

www.peoplesinquiry.co.nz
People of New Zealand's fight against aerial spray

www.hopefortruth.com
LBAM spray commentary

Ecological Option's Network LBAM videos


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News


No Spray Forces Convene in SF for Townhall Meeting
-Indymedia (5/9/08)

Pelosi jumps into Apple Moth with questions for Schwarzenegger
Marin IJ (5/9/08)

Monterey makes its case against LBAM
-ABC 7 (May 8, 2008)

Scientists Question Safety of Apple Moth pesticide
-CBS5 Investigates (May 7, 2008)

Parents protest to stop moth sprayings
-ABC News (April 28, 2008)

State postpones moth spray
-Monterey Herald (April 24, 2008)

Judge halts light brown apple moth spraying in Santa Cruz County
-Santa Cruz Sentinel (April 24, 2008)

Marin real estate agents oppose moth spraying
-Marin IJ (April 23, 2008)

Laird weighs in after Moth Report Fracas
-PressBanner (April 18, 2008)

Councilman Disputes Spray Data
-Monterey Herald (April 18, 2008)

Environmentalists Protest Spraying at Capitol
-NBC11 (April 16, 2008)

Is Apple Moth Spraying Risky?
-CBS 5 Investigates (April 15, 2008)

Politicians rally against moth spraying plan
-Marin Independent Journal (April 12, 2008)

Tourism, real estate brace for impact of moth spraying
-AP (April 11, 2008)

Farr Questions Feds on LBAM
-Sam Farr, Press Release (April 8, 2008)

Health problems reported after aerial spraying
-Jane Kay, SF Chronicle (April 7, 2008)

Growers: Moth plan a PR disaster
Pajaronian (March 24, 2008)

Laird LBAM Legislation Calls on State to Answer Unresolved Health, Science, and Efficacy Questions
-John Laird, Press Release (March 13, 2008)

Moth-spraying PR deal suspended amid questions
-AP Exclusive (March 13, 2008)

CCOF pulls moth spray support
-Monterey Herald 3/13/08

Moth-spray protesters descend on Sacramento
-SJ Mercury news (March 10, 2008)

Pesticide maker owned by political donor
-SF Chronicle (March 8, 2008)

Experts question plan to spray to fight moths
-Jane Kay, SF Chronicle (March 6, 2008)

Berkeley may sue over moth spraying
-Contra Costa Times (February 27, 2008)

Bills seek to curb pesticide spray over cities
-SF Chronicle (February 23, 2008)

Senate resolution seeks halt to LBAM spraying
-SC Sentinel (February 21, 2008)

State Plans Bay Area Pesticide Spraying
-SF Chronicle (February 15th, 2008)

State to spend $500k to Sell Aerial Spray to Residents; There is no vote.
See frontpage headline!
- Monterey Herald (January 27, 2008)

State: Aerial Spraying for Moth Set to Resume; Other Treatments Considered
- Santa Cruz Sentinel (January 22, 2008)

After Moth Spraying, State Received Hundreds of Illness Reports
- San Jose Mercury News (January 4, 2008)



You cannot trade peoples' rights for corporate profits
-John Russo, founder Stopthespray.ORG testimony CA Assembly Agriculture (4/16/08)

Spray Program Ineffective
-Dr. Derrell Chambers, PhD, retired USDA expert on pheromone-pesticides, CA Senate Committee on Environmental Quality (4/28/08)

Micro-capsule size constitutes Health Hazard
-Dennis Knepp, PhD, and Jeff Haferman, PhD, April 16, 2008

Dangers of the aerial spraying for LBAM
-Dr. Larry Rose, MD MPH, former Senior Public Medical Officer for Cal-OSHA, April 21, 2008

Summary of the CDFA LBAM Eradication Program
-Nan Wishner, Chair IPM Task Force Albany
CA Assembly Agriculture Committee Hearing on LBAM program, March 12, 2008

Eradication not possible
- Testimony by James Carey, PhD
CA Assembly Agriculture Committee Hearing on LBAM program, March 12, 2008

Scientists Question Moth Threat
-Harder/Rosendale, March 08 2008

Sierra Club calls for Moratorium on Spray

643 people report Health Problems
- Helping Our Peninsula's Environment HOPE. January 4, 2008

 

 

StopTheSpray.ORG was founded in the autumn of 2007 to give a voice to those opposing the aerial spraying of pesticides aimed at eradicating the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. This multi-million dollar spraying campaign is being conducted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in reaction to a trade embargo, yet pesticides are being applied on residential rather than agricultural areas. Of particular concern is that the chemicals used are untested and have never before been applied on such a large scale and over human populations, and that long-term effects on people’s health and the environment are unknown and profoundly questionable. The CDFA’s spraying campaign is scheduled to resume and expand into the larger Bay Area in the spring of 2008 with monthly applications until the total eradication of the moth –deemed impossible by most experts –until at least 2010.

The petition hosted by StopTheSpray.ORG unites the voices of thousands of people who oppose enforced aerial pesticide spray programs across the State of California. StopTheSpray.ORG provides online forums to post personal experiences, report adverse reactions and find support. While planes are flying overhead, online communication becomes an essential lifeline for those directly impacted and forced to stay inside. StopTheSpray.ORG believes that information is the basis for empowerment, and aims at creating a communal information database by facilitating exchange and collaboration. StopTheSpray.ORG hosts and nurtures a vibrant online community that is rapidly developing into the groundswell for a state-wide movement to stop the aerial spraying of pesticides in California!

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