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Human Experimentation 101 -- Why Not Gas Masks for the Whole Bay Area?
by repost
Tuesday Feb 19th, 2008 1:19 PM
KQED's Forum radio covered the aerial spraying issue today. The guy for our side -- Paul Schramski -- was excellent! He really did a great job underscoring that the State of California is simply not listening to the people. A caller also pointed out this is just a large human experiment since it has never been done before. I was thinking, we should tell the state to issue a gas mask to every affected resident if it's so important, since they literally do not know the outcome and already do know that hundreds have been sickened. Also, if it happens, people will be leaving the area in droves, so local businesses will be empty -- businesses should be made aware that they will lose money to light a fire under them about this. Worth listening to the show.
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 -- 10:00 AM

Apple Moths

The state of California is poised to begin an aerial spraying program over the Bay Area to eradicate the light brown apple moth, which officials say could decimate the state's agricultural crops. Forum discusses the proposal with advocates and critics.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:


A.G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture


Paul Schramski, state director of Pesticide Watch, a statewide public health and environmental group


Robert Roach, assistant agricultural commissioner for Monterey County
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http://www.kqed.org/pgmArchive/RD19

forum [at] kqed.org

Also see:
Local Meetings on Upcoming Illegal Spraying of Bay Area with Synthetic Hormones (2/08)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/15/18479397.php
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Re: Animals will suffer tooAaron AaronsSunday Feb 24th, 2008 5:35 PM
Animals will suffer tooreaderTuesday Feb 19th, 2008 2:03 PM