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Jun 20, 2008 7:34 pm US/Pacific

Apple Moth Spraying Central

A Comprehensive Section on the Controversy Surrounding a Plan to Spray Pesticides to Fight the Light Brown Apple Moth

(CBS 5) A plan to spray the San Francisco Bay Area and cities along the Central Coast with pesticides this summer to fight the light brown apple moth has triggered considerable controversy. In this special section, you'll find the very latest information, along with our past reports, videos, and documentation, some of which is not available anywhere else online.

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Additional documentation:

  • Three senior entomology faculty members at UC Davis have now come forward to express their concerns about the state's plan to eradicate the light brown apple moth. Here is a copy of the letter they sent May 28, 2008 to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  • Testimony of Derrell Chambers, a retired USDA scientist and expert on "pheromone" pesticides. He testified at the State Senate Environmental Quality Committee hearing on April 28, 2008, where members unanimously passed a resolution by San Francisco Senator Carole Migden calling for a moratorium on aerial spraying for the light brown apple moth.

  • Report from scientists Dennis Knepp, PhD, and Jeff Haferman, PhD. Includes response letters from the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA).

  • Alameda City Council moth meeting on April 1, 2008, during which AG Kawamura makes a controversial comment: asked if he would spray the Checkmate product over a field if agricultural workers were there, he said no. Click link and scroll to 4/1/08.

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