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DESCRIPTION:Pass widely!!!!\n\nTell the Watsonville City Council NO TO METHYL 
 IODIDE!!!!\n\nIf you cannot attend the meeting Councilperson contacts are 
 the end of this message. PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL THEM BY TUESDAY AT 
 NOON!\n...\nFARMERS, FARMWORKERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, KIDS, PETS, 
 WILDLIFE!\n\nHelp us PREVENT the use of methyl iodide in our 
 communities!\n\nConvince the Watsonville City Council to adopt a resolution 
 expressing our concerns about the potential use of this very dangerous 
 chemical in agriculture. After the meeting, we will send the resolution to 
 the governor of the State of California, The California Department of 
 Pesticide Regulation and the California Environmental Protection 
 Agency.\n\nWho: You!\nWhat: Join us at the Watsonville City Council 
 Meeting\nWhen: Tuesday November 30th at 4 PM, SHARP! (Don't Be 
 Late!)\nWhere: Watsonville Civic Plaza, 275 Main St., Watsonville, CA\nCity 
 Council Room, 6th Floor\nWhy: To express your concerns and show your 
 support of this cause with your presence\n\nHow: Come to the meeting! Bring 
 signs! Bring your family and friends!\n\nFacts About Methyl Iodide and Its 
 Probable Effects on Our Communities\n\nMethyl Iodide is a very dangerous 
 pesticide (fumigant), and the state of California is considering approving 
 its use in agriculture.\n\nMethyl iodide is four times more poisonous than 
 methyl bromide: the chemical that was recently banned because it depletes 
 the ozone. Both are used to fumigate the soil where strawberries and other 
 crops are grown.\n\nMedical scientists use methyl iodide to induce cancer 
 in lab animals in order to test new drugs and treatments.\n\n50 well 
 respected scientists of good conscience have signed a petition to the 
 California EPA asking that the state not approve this chemical for 
 agricultural use.\n\nMethyl iodide can cause very serious birth defects and 
 also affects fetal and childhood development. It can cause 
 miscarriages.\n\nScientific research has found that many of the chemical 
 pesticides already in use cause learning disabilities in children that are 
 exposed to these substances.\n\nA significant number of students and their 
 families work in and live near fields, where they are exposed to poisonous 
 chemicals. These poisons travel into our bodies on our work clothes, and 
 through the air we breath and water we drink. We who work and live near the 
 fields sacrifice our health in order to improve our lives and take care of 
 our families.\n\nMany schools in PVUSD are close to agricultural fields. 
 Sometimes, students have to play or walk near the fields when the ranchers 
 are applying dangerous pesticides.\n\nMillions of pounds of poisons are 
 already used every year in agriculture in the Pajaro Valley. Yet we don’t 
 know everything about what long-term effects these substances will have in 
 the environment or for human health.\n\nBut we do know that those who will 
 be affected the most if methyl iodide is approved are farmworkers, their 
 children, and people who live near the fields.\n\n\nDistrict 1\nManuel 
 Quintero Bersamin\n(831) 768-3001\nmbersamin@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm 
 Expires November 2012\n\nDistrict 2\nLuis A. Alejo\nMayor\n(831) 
 768-3002\nlalejo@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 
 2012\n\n\nDistrict 3\nAntonio Rivas\n(831) 
 768-3003\narivas@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 
 2010\n\n\nDistrict 4\nKimberly Petersen\n(831) 
 768-3004\nkpetersen@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 
 2010\n\n\nDistrict 5\nGreg Caput\n(831) 
 768-3005\ngcaput@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 
 2010\n\nDistrict 6\nEmilio Martinez\n(831) 
 768-3006\nemilio.martinez@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 
 2012\n\nDistrict 7\nNancy Bilicich\nMayor Pro Tempore\n(831) 
 768-3007\nnbilicich@ci.watsonville.ca.us\nTerm Expires November 2010\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/28/18665222.php
SUMMARY:No to Methyl Iodide at Watsonville City Council
LOCATION:275 Main Street 6th floor\nWatsonville, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/28/18665222.php
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