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Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) eradication

Latest developments:
December 4, 2008: Doctor uncovers alarming health concerns in tests for Light Brown Apple Moth pesticides.

November 25, 2008: Federal law suit filed to block LBAM spray program.

November 4, 2008: state agencies release two studies on the aerial spraying for LBAM in 2007.

Background: Aerial spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties in Fall 2007 resulted in hundreds of health complaints and reports of environmental damage. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) planned to resume and expand spraying into the larger San Francisco Bay Area.

On June 19, 2008, pressured by a groundswell of public protest, the CDFA announced the eradication campaign would no longer include aerial spraying for LBAM over populated areas. Ground treatments, as well as aerial spraying of "agricultural" and "forested" areas are still to go forward.

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News

A proposed ordinance to stop pesticides
-Good Times Santa Cruz (12/31/08)

Light Brown Apple Moth : scourge or simple pest?
-Sonoma Sun (12/26/08)

Environmental group, East Bay mayors file suit against EPA to ban apple moth spraying
-Insidebayarea (11/25/08)

5 moths found, quarantine may grow
-Pressdemocrat (11/19/08)

Aerial pesticide spraying put people at risk
-SF Chronicle (11/12/08)

Data lacking to link moth spray to health woes
-San Francisco Chronicle (11/7/08)

LBAM Chemical Study Released
-Salinas Californian (11/04/08)

A Bug's Life Revisited
-Midcounty Post (10/28/08)

Light Brown Apple Moth target of new law
-Salinas Californian (10/1/08)

Governor signs apple moth legislation
-ABC local (9/30/08)

State apple moth appeal dropped
-SJ Mercury News (9/26/08)

US to ban all NZ flower exports
-National News (9/12/08)

Crop-eating moth found in California, Central Coast growers react
-KSBY San Luis Obispo (9/12/08)

3rd apple moth found in county -state drops plans to use twist ties
-Press Democrat (8/16/08)

The Peninsula fights a big battle against a little moth
-The Examiner (8/7/08)

Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Formal Petition to Reclassify LBAM As a Non-actionable Pest [16 page summary]
-Roy Upton, Daniel Harder PhD, Ken Kimes (9/12/08)

Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program, Question and Answers
-Stop The Spray East Bay, August 2008

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

The LBAM Aerial Spray Program and Human Rights
-Thomas Kerns, Environment and Human Rights Advisory (EHRA)

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, (4/16/08)

Dangers of the aerial spraying for LBAM
-Dr. Larry Rose, MD MPH, former Senior Public Medical Officer for Cal-OSHA (4/21/08)

Eradication not possible
- Testimony by James Carey, PhD
CA Assembly Agriculture Committee Hearing on LBAM program (3/12/08)

643 people report health problems
- Helping Our Peninsula's Environment HOPE (1/4/08)

 

 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). 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.

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 aerial spraying of pesticides in California!

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