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STOP THE SPRAY. It's NOT safe!

Community scheduled to be sprayed with pesticide

for 3--10 years.

5/12/08 Northern California

Untested by the EPA, yet the USDA plans on aerial pesticide spraying come August 17th for LBAM. That's the acronym for Light Brown Apple Moth.  12 California Counties will be guinea pigs for this synthetic toxic cocktail which is a time released capsule. They fly 500 feet above your neighborhood for 3 consecutive nights from 8pm--5am essentially crop dusting the area.

This is like a bad science fiction movie

but it is really happening.Our social contract between the people & the government is broken. Where is the science? Where is the evidence ? There are NO photos of crop damage. EUROPE does NOT quarantine for this moth.

The pesticide contains FDA acknowledged carcinogens, mutagens & other toxic chemicals in microcapsules that are small enough to reach deep lung tissue. There is no environmental impact study or short term or long term effects of this chemical on humans. Over 630 cases of documented illnesses reported in Monterey & Santa Cruz after aerial spraying in 2007. Aren't the bees stressed out enough? This will not only affect human health but our water & the bees will be picking this up, too.

Experts say it is NOT effective. The

Dept. of Food & Agriculute claim that the

LBAM will devastate agriculture. Experts say that this is not true. Even Europe does NOT quarantine for

the light brown apple moth. What is being done?

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has asked

the city attorney to litigate against the state.

What you can do: sign the petition at

California Alliance to Stop the Spray.

www.CASSonline.org

Call Governor Schwarzenegger at

916-445-2841. Call US Secretary of Agriculture,

Ed Schfer at 202-720-4256

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