Comments on: Marin County to be sprayed for apple moth http://www.blogbythebay.com/politics/marin-county-to-be-sprayed-for-apple-moth/ Marin Real Estate, Marin County Neighborhoods, Marin People, Marin Home Search Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: isabelle http://www.blogbythebay.com/politics/marin-county-to-be-sprayed-for-apple-moth/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 isabelle Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:41:58 +0000 http://www.blogbythebay.com/politics/marin-county-to-be-sprayed-for-apple-moth/#comment-2381 Learn more about the LBAM program at http://www.stopthespray.org. While this site is obviously not in favor of aerial spray every attempt has been made at collecting truthful information. After months of intense research on the LBAM issue, I do find it telling that we arrive at this report that was released today: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a27/pdf/HarderNZReportFINAL.pdf Basically this report tells us what our grandmothers already knew: Grow flowers and herbs in your vegetable garden and foster beneficial insects. What is now called Integrated Pest Management is successful in keeping The Moth at bay in New Zealand, so why do we need to spray millions of people and already fragile ecosystems with pesticides in California?! This issue is impacting women in particular. Many of us are mothers and caretakers of those most likely to be affected by the spray (children and the elderly). There is also the issue of endocrine disruptors in the spray, a known trigger for breast cancer and a common side-effect of pesticide exposure. Very scary stuff. Finally, sign the petition calling for informed consent of the people as a prerequisite for any aerial spray program at http://www.stopthespray.org Learn more about the LBAM program at http://www.stopthespray.org. While this site is obviously not in favor of aerial spray every attempt has been made at collecting truthful information.

After months of intense research on the LBAM issue, I do find it telling that we arrive at this report that was released today: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a27/pdf/HarderNZReportFINAL.pdf

Basically this report tells us what our grandmothers already knew: Grow flowers and herbs in your vegetable garden and foster beneficial insects. What is now called Integrated Pest Management is successful in keeping The Moth at bay in New Zealand, so why do we need to spray millions of people and already fragile ecosystems with pesticides in California?!

This issue is impacting women in particular. Many of us are mothers and caretakers of those most likely to be affected by the spray (children and the elderly). There is also the issue of endocrine disruptors in the spray, a known trigger for breast cancer and a common side-effect of pesticide exposure. Very scary stuff.

Finally, sign the petition calling for informed consent of the people as a prerequisite for any aerial spray program at http://www.stopthespray.org

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