[Sosfbay-discuss] Aerial spraying BEFORE Environ Impact Report??

[Andrea Dorey]

Today KPFA aired a public forum about the proposed eradication of the  
light brown apple moth and the responses by the public to the planned  
aerial spraying in August; one area included will be the SF Bay Area.

KPFA's program was startling in that the authorities present could  
not effectively answer questions from the audience, but merely took  
"concerns" that were to be included in the report which, BTW, has no  
definitive date for release other than "in the fall," AFTER the  
spraying has been accomplished.

The program ran from 10 AM to at least 12 noon, today, Wednesday,  
February 27th.

The plan is to aerial spray widely, and use material that will be  
encapsulated in plastic that will be small enough to be classified as  
PMs or particulate matter that can enter the lungs like other PMs  
that result in life-long and life-threatening breathing problems,  
etc.  The spray will use pheromones, mixed with so-called "inert  
packaging."  Inert as used here does not mean that these compounds  
aren't irritants, etc.

Spraying in Santa Cruz last year resulted in 600 reports of illness.   
Berkeley and other cities are filing lawsuits to stop the spraying  
but the same actions did not stop the Santa Cruz operation.

More info can be found on stopthespraying.org, as well as KPFA's  
website.

Andrea