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Check Mate, CheckMate
California officials yank controversial urban spraying plan |
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22 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:07 PM on 22 Jun 2008 California officials have announced that they will not spray the urban Bay Area with a pheromone this summer, delighting activists who had campaigned strenuously against the plan. The pheromone with the ominous name CheckMate LBAM-F keeps the crop-gobbling light brown apple moth from reproducing, but also has been linked to complaints of respiratory trouble in humans. Spraying had ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, health, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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It's Like the Fog, but More Toxic
Aerial spraying of pesticide on Bay Area given OK |
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15 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:03 PM on 15 Feb 2008 The California agriculture department has authorized nighttime aerial pesticide spraying on the San Francisco Bay Area this summer in an attempt to eradicate a potentially crop-destroying moth. Similar spraying was done in two other counties this fall, after which more than 600 residents complained of respiratory problems. Application of the pesticide, called Checkmate, was only ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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