STOP THE AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING IN MARIN

THE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH (LBAM)
ERADICATION PROGRAM:
A Hazard to Public Health & The Environment

• Urban populations in Santa Cruz & Monterey counties were aerially sprayed with a synthetic pheromone-pesticide without their consent in the Fall of 2007.
• 643 reports of illness followed the spraying.
• Millions of Californians are slated to be sprayed REPEATEDLY beginning in Summer 2008 and continuing up to 9 months per year, for at least 5 years, according to agency officials.
• Other methods of applying toxic pesticides are already being used in our neighborhoods and on private property without our consent.
• $74 million is

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WE CAN STOP THIS! AND EVEN BETTER, WE CAN BRING ABOUT CHANGE BY DEMANDING NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES IN PEST MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

1. SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THE SPRAY HERE.
2. SPREAD THE WORD
   Help raise awareness and public response: Talk with your neighbors, colleagues, and friends; write letters to the editor of local newspapers and magazines; talk to schools, neighborhood associations, and other groups you are linked with; post to discussion boards and blogs; hang signs in your window; send people to this and other related websites for

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