Bush regime plans to do aerial pesticide spraying on cities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Please read the following paragraphs about how the Bush regime plans to do aerial pesticide spraying on cities in the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Then decide if the Bush regime is (a) Insane, (b) Stupid, (c) Evil, or (d) All of the above.

(E)-11-Tetradecen-1-yl acetate, (E,E)-9,11-Tetradecadien-1-yl-acetate, cross-linked polyurea polymer, butylated hydroxyltoluene, polyvinyl alcohol, tricaprylyl methyl ammonium chloride, sodium phosphate, ammonium phosphate, 1,2-benzisothiozolin-3-one, 2-hydroxyl-4--n-octtyloxy-benzophenone.* These are some of the ingredients in CheckMate LBAM-F, which the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are planning to use in a massive aerial pesticide spraying over San Francisco Bay Area cities this summer to sexually harass a small moth, specifically, the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) (Epiphyas postvittana).

This proposed aerial pesticide spraying of whole cities in the San Francisco Bay Area is a hysterial over-reaction by the incompetent Bush regime to a hypothetical problem. The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) (Epiphyas postvittana), a native of Australia, has been present in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawai'i and England for many years. The residents and the farmers of these regions have been able to co-exist with this moth without having to resort to massive aerial pesticide spraying of whole cities and towns.

So far, not a single apple growing in commercial orchards in Northern California has been found to be visited by this moth. Over six hundred residents of the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas have reported new health problems after the aerial spraying of the Checkmate brand pesticide over their towns last year.

Just say no to proposed aerial pesticide spraying over cities in the San Francisco Bay Area against this small moth scheduled for this summer. We need to work on low-key biological controls for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) (Epiphyas postvittana) instead. There is no legitimate reason for the government to put the health of millions of people at risk with pesticide spraying of the air we breathe.

Visit web sites such as www.lbamspray.com, www.stopthespray.org and www.hopefortruth.com for more detailed information and suggestion on how to protest this absurd plan.

Very truly yours,

James K. Sayre

* Listed in the column of Richard Fagerlund, aka, Ask the Bugman, in the Home & Garden Section, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 February 2008.

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