Guest guest Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 baarn- Bay Area Animal Rights Network Important meeting Thurdsay 5-8-08 5:30 pm SF, all wildlife LBAM aerial pesticide spray To All concerned with the coming aerial spray's effect on wildlife and domestic animals in San Francisco and what the SF animal welfare commission can do about it. Please come tomorrow and speak out. See meeting announcements below, plus below those announcement see information of the effect of the soon to happen pesticide spray on animals and of all nature in SF. Wednesday, 07 May 2008 Two meetings on Light Brown Apple Moth Spraying - Thurs 5/8/08 There will be two meetings on Thursday evening, May 8, 2008, about the proposed program to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM),including a proposal to spray a pheromone that will disrupt the moth's mating over San Francisco and most of the Bay Area. The sprayings will be repeated each month for up to 9 months every one to three months up to five years. The spraying is quite controversial, with many people concerned about possible effects on people and animal's health. 1st Meeting http://www.sfgov.org/site/awcc_meeting.asp?id=1344 contact commissioners if you can not make it to speak out. Animal Control and Welfare Commission Thurs, May 8, 2008 5:30 pm Room 408, City Hall San Francisco The Commission will hear presentations from Bob Dowell, from the CA Dept of Food and Agriculture and the LBAM program director, in support of the spraying, and from three opponents of the spraying: Dr. Joel Parrott, Director of the Oakland Zoo, Roy Upton, and author Susan McCarthy. The Commission testimony will focus on possible effects of the aerial spraying and other proposed measures to eradicate the LBAM on animals, both domestic pets and wildlife. Testimony will also include what pet guardians should and should not do if the spraying occurs. 2nd Meeting San Francisco Town Hall Meeting on LBAM Thursday, May 8, 2008 7:00 pm County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way - at the Strybing Arboretum/SF Botanical Gardens Brought to you by San Franciscans Concerned About the Spray with Sponsors: Senator Carole Migden, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, Stop the Spray, CASS-SF, and Play Not Spray For more information go to www.sfspraytownhall.org Speakers include: * Dr. James Carey, UC-Davis entomologist * Jeff Rosendale, horticulturist and co-author with Dr. Daniel Harder of a paper on management of the LBAM * Nan Wishner, Albany Integrated Pest Management Task Force * Stacia Lansman, M.D. * Helge Hellberg, Executive Director, Marin Organic * Mike Lynberg, Silicon Valley businessman who documented the adverse health reactions of Santa Cruz and Monterey residents after those regions were sprayed. * John Russo, farmer and Director, Stop the Spray * Frank Egger, former Mayor of Fairfax and Coordinator of Stop the Spray Marin * State Senator Carole Midgen * San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Comprehensive website on issue: http://www.knowyourusa.com/kyu/lbamspray/LBAMSprayRefdoc.htm (see third main topic down Toxicology and 4th topic Health). reports on wildlife etc from site: Adverse impact on the bird populations (Sea bird die-off) (11 page report) http://www.lbamspray.com/Reports/LBAM%20Fact%20Sheet%20Bird%20Die-off.pdf Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Potential Effects on Pollinators and Implications for California Agriculture http://www.lbamspray.com/Reports/Bees.pdf Lawrence Rose M.D., M.P.H., former Senior Public Medical Officer for Cal-OSHA and part of the UCSF Occupational/Environmental Medicine Department Marin Pesticide Spraying Health Hazard Alert: http://lbamspray.com/Reports/Health%20Hazard%20Alert%20by%20Dr.%20Larry%20Rose%2\ 0MD%20MPH.pdf Information about Checkmate's particle size and composition Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory the University of California, Davis http://lbamspray.com/00_Documents/2007/ATL_Pheromone_Toxicity_Testing_112807.pdf Checkmate® LBAM-F when it pools up like after rain the high pheromone concentrations can cause 100 % mortality in the tested aquatic life. Dr. Dennis Knepp, PhD, and Dr. Jeff Haferman. PhD, review data provided by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and find errors in regard to the article size of CheckMate, the pesticide used in fall 2007. This letter and the accompanying analysis show that the micro-capsules in CheckMate constitute a health hazard which should have been investigated prior to spraying. The CDFA states in their analysis that only 1.2% of the particles in the Checkmate spray were smaller than 10 microns, which is a critical size for inhalation to deep within the lungs. They based their computations on particle volume, not number of particles, which is simply incorrect, Haferman stated. Knepp explained that when the analysis is corrected we find the average particle size to be about 17 microns with significant numbers of much smaller particles. The scientists cited research that shows the expected mass concentration of the Checkmate spray could cause an increase in mortality rates by 7 per cent. http://forum.stopthespray.org/download/file.php?id=216 & sid=f012f9ca45addfc03cf56\ 06e1278da9e http://www.pdsonoma.org/article/scientists-spotlight-error-in-agency-analysis-of\ -lbam-spray --- To to Bay Area Animal Rights Network please send blank email to: baarn- For events: Please see message archives and calendar at baarn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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