2/22 Hearing about Oakland Pesticides

This Tuesday, February 22, is a CRUCIAL day in the fight against the City's plan to reverse the almost decade long pesticide ban in Oakland. There will be two meetings by City officials considering the plan to use toxic herbicides in the Oakland hills as a measure to prevent wildfires. Since many of the chemically injured people most impacted by pesticides are too ill to come to such public events, we need LOTS of people to come to the meetings and present as many alternatives to this plan as possible. I'd like to encourage seasoned Permaculturists especially to come speak on the many plants that need fire to nurture their continued existence, particularly any endangered native species you are familiar with.



Please bring your friends, family and colleagues, bring signs, information and thoughts to share at the hearing, and join us in this effort to keep Oakland from turning back the clock on progress.



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2005

* 12:30pm Public Works Department

* 4pm Public Safety Department

OAKLAND CITY HALL, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 1



(Note that the original time of the public safety meeting was changed from 7:30pm to 4pm, so please let people already planning to come know of this change.)



For more information log onto http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org and click on "Oakland" to get more details, including the toxicological profiles, and a link to the online petition. Letters to editors as well as to the City Council and Public Works and Safety people (CC'd to East Bay Pesticide Alert at beneficialbug [at] netzero.net) would also be helpful. To get more involved email or call Maxina Ventura of EBPA at (510) 895-2312.



Thank You. Hope to see you Tuesday.

Love,

Isis



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