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DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE! \nMethyl Iodide Information Session & Organizing Meeting\n\n 
 \nPlease join Santa Cruz county residents and Pesticide Watch Education 
 Fund for a general information session about the cancerous strawberry 
 pesticide Methyl Iodide.  We will strategize/develop the campaign to ban 
 methyl iodide in Santa Cruz County.\n \nThe cancer-causing methyl iodide 
 was approved for use in California agriculture 6 months ago. In the past 
 few weeks it has been used on two farms in Fresno County. That is too many, 
 and we need to make sure it is never used in Santa Cruz County on 
 California strawberries and other crops in our area.\nThe campaign will 
 focus on passing a County-wide resolution against the use of methyl iodide, 
 and raising public awareness about the health impacts and political 
 implications of methyl iodide.  We aim to motivate local residents to take 
 action locally and to urge both the California Department of Pesticide 
 Regulation and the EPA to retract approval for its use.\n \nHope to see you 
 there!\nPlease e-mail Jenn Laskin with 
 questions.\njennlaskin@gmail.com\n\n********\nBackground Information:\nAs 
 many of you may know, the cancer-causing pesticide, methyl iodide, was 
 approved for agricultural use this year despite the unanimous 
 recommendations against it from the state's own scientists.  The potential 
 for heavy use in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties and the focused marketing 
 to growers in our county is horrific and very real.  We need to organize to 
 make sure Santa Cruz County takes a stance against the use of this chemical 
 before it causes irreversible and tragic effects on the health of our 
 families, our air and water.\n \nSanta Cruz County could be affected in 
 numerous ways:\n \n* Methyl Iodide is widely used in lab research to create 
 cancer in normal cells ; cancer-causing chemicals in our air will increase 
 cancer rates not just in the agricultural regions, but across the county. 
 Field workers, children, pregnant women, and elderly are among the most 
 vulnerable people.  The manufacturer's "strict application guidelines" 
 can't ensure perfect compliance.  The wind blows, the tarp covers tear, 
 irrigation and rainwater dissolve the chemical and run off the fields.\n 
 \n* Methyl iodide is a groundwater contaminant and will render our 
 groundwater destroyed for any use, including drinking water. \n \n* The 
 contamination could have devastating effects on the sensitive and natural 
 habitats along the coast and near agricultural fields, destroying wildlife 
 and popular nature reserves.\n \nWe need to act now.  The EPA and Governor 
 Brown may be open to reexamining the registration of this deathly chemical 
 fumigant, but the spotlight is on Santa Cruz County.  As one of the 
 counties which will be most heavily impacted, we need to make our voices 
 heard: we will not accept methyl iodide. \n \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/01/18683455.php
SUMMARY:BAN Methyl Iodide Organizing Meeting
LOCATION:Resource Center for Nonviolence\n515 Broadway \nSanta Cruz, Ca 95060
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/01/18683455.php
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