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Stop San Francisco from Being Sprayed with Pesticides Every Month for Years to Come
STOP SAN FRANCISCO FROM BEING SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDES EVERY MONTH FOR YEARS TO COME - April 24th at 6:30pm
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
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
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According to two UC scientists, not only can the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) not be 'eradicated' by the forced aerial pesticide spraying of the San Francisco Bay Area planned for this summer by a state agency, but it poses no real threat to agriculture in the first place.
UC Davis Entomologist Dr. James Carey and UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director Dr. Daniel Harder present the results of their research at the March 13, 2008 informational hearing held in San Rafael by State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
Dr. Harder's report on his recent trip to New Zealand, where the LBAM is "...effectively controlled almost exclusively by natural predators in both agricultural settings and wild lands," is available on-line at:
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2021
VIDEO
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zc7I_o0M6E
UC Davis Entomologist Dr. James Carey and UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director Dr. Daniel Harder present the results of their research at the March 13, 2008 informational hearing held in San Rafael by State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
Dr. Harder's report on his recent trip to New Zealand, where the LBAM is "...effectively controlled almost exclusively by natural predators in both agricultural settings and wild lands," is available on-line at:
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2021
VIDEO
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zc7I_o0M6E
For more information:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zc7I_o0M6E
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