INGREDIENTS
The government is not required to disclose to the public the ingredients of any formulas used, whether applied by air or on the ground. Ingredients of CheckMate LBAM-F were published only as a result of public pressure after the spraying in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties The USDA and the State of California have not yet disclosed the ingredients of the pesticide(s) to be used in future rounds of spraying.
From the CheckMate LBAM-F warning label:
The Monterey County Weekly published the ingredients of the Checkmate LBAM-F spray on September 28, 2007. The San Francisco Chronicle, in its "Ask the Bug Man" column of February 23rd, 2008, also reviewed some of these ingredients: "Ammonium and sodium phosphates can irritate or burn the skin, eyes and respiratory tract. So can tricaprylyl ammonium chloride, ... Polyvinyl alcohol has caused cancerous tumors in lab animals. It’s also labeled as an irritant --- as is another Checkmate inert, butylated hydroxytoluene ... And while there’s not much data on UV-absorbing 2-ydroxy-4-n-oacyloxbenzophenome, the family of chemicals to which it belongs is linked to the disruption of hormones, including estrogen, according to a 2003 report in the Journal of Health Science."
PARTIAL LIST OF INGREDIENTS OF CHECKMATE LBAM-F WITH KNOWN TOXICITIES:
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PROBLEMS WITH PERMETHRIN
Permethrin is toxic to honey bees and other beneficial insects, fish, aquatic insects, crayfish, and shrimp. For many species, concentrations of less than one part per billion are lethal. Permethrin causes deformities and other developmental problems in tadpoles, and reduces the number of oxygen-carrying cells in the blood of birds.
