As you may have heard, San Francisco and many Bay Area communities have been included in an upcoming federally mandated aerial pesticide spraying program to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth. This ubiquitous spraying campaign is currently set to begin in August of 2008 and continue 2-3 DAYS EACH MONTH for what has been stated as "an indefinite amount of years", releasing chemicals over our City and its environs while we sleep.

To learn more about this looming environmental and health hazard, please join Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, District #2, local concerned parents and a panel of experts:

Who: All San Francisco and Bay Area residents

Where: Town School for Boys, 2750 Jackson Street (at Scott Street), San Francisco

When: Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m.

What: Learn from scientists, legislators, and environmental experts about how this program may impact the health and safety of our schools, our children, businesses and our community. There are human, financial, and social costs to consider and this meeting will endeavor to shed as much light as possible on this important issue that impacts us all.


Panel of Experts:

Dr. James Carey, UC Davis entomologist and invasive species expert

Jeff Rosendale, Grower, Horticultural Consultant & co-author of Integrated Pest Management Practices for LBAM in New Zealand : Implications for CA

Nan Wishner, Chair of City of Albany, Integrated Pest Management Task Force

Judi Shils, Founder of Search for the Cause

Frank Egger, Mayor (Ret.) of Fairfax, CA and environmental expert http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/28/NBGM8AVVP01.DTL

Paul Schramski, State Director, Pesticide Watch

Dr. Harder, Ph.D. Executive Director The Arboretum, University of California at Santa Cruz

San Francisco Pediatrician

Questions: Please contact Sandra Schmaier, schmaier [at] mindspring.com

RSVP: Please email Schmaier [at] mindspring.com