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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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The Moth-Ban Prophecies
Bay Area escapes aerial spraying, for now |
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25 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:48 AM on 25 Apr 2008 A plan to spray Santa Cruz County with synthetic pheromones must be postponed until an environmental review is completed, a county judge ruled Thursday. The spraying, an attempt by agriculture officials to curb the invasion of the crop-gobbling light brown apple moth, was to begin in Santa Cruz County in June and expand to seven other Bay Area counties in August. But many of the 7 million resident ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, health, news, 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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Crop Phooey
Pesticide use on crops drops in California, but fumigant use up |
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30 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:23 PM on 30 Nov 2007 Agricultural pesticide use dropped by 10 million pounds in California last year -- a bit of progress offset by an increased use of fumigants by strawberry growers. In addition, application of commercial pesticides for uses such as landscaping and mosquito control increased. California "works hard to promote least-toxic pest management" says Mary-Ann Warmerdam of the state Depar ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Taking 'Cides
Fight over disclosure of pesticide ingredients heats up in California |
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19 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:57 AM on 19 Oct 2007 In California, a battle is raging over a pesticide that critics say is sickening hundreds of residents as it's being sprayed over large swaths of Monterey County to battle a crop-destroying moth. Residents who became ill after the first application of the pesticide want to know what's in it that could cause asthma-like symptoms, rashes, stomach pains, and burning eyes. But regula ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, litigation, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Berry Bad News
EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide |
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08 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:45 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists' warnings that "pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farmworkers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk." As a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide, California and Florida strawberry growers and other farmers will w ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, Florida, health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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