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Repreive for Apple Moth
By Dan
In an era where pollution comes from water, air and food, last week's light brown apple moth ruling is being seen by many as a victory. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced last week that aerial spraying for the light brown apple moth would be halted until at least Aug. 17 and that more health testing would be done on the controversial agent used in the spraying, the Oakland Tribune and Bay City News Service recently reported. This will come as great news to the many people around the Bay Area concerned about the health risks and not convinced that the spraying would be an effective means of stopping the pest. The action came on the heels of a Santa Cruz judge's recent ruling, halting spraying in the Santa Cruz area. The light brown apple moth, first discovered in Berkeley in February 2007, is known to destroy or damage more than 250 species of plants.
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Reader Comments:
I had thought science types were OK with spraying the pheromone, but thorough study never hurts anything, huh?
Just 1 small correction: the Light Brown Apple moth is not "known to destroy or damage more than 250 species of plants." The plant lists that the California Department of Food and Agriculture has published are speculative, including many species on which the moth has never fed or been observed. In almost all cases, if the moth does do damage, the damage is cosmetic at most. In addition, it is important to realize that, though the moth was identified in Berkeley in 2007 by a retired entomologist, it has likely been in the state much longer, based on the range over which it has spread.
In response to the prior comment, the pesticide to be sprayed is not just a pheromone. It contains 8 other ingredients, including carcinogens and substances associated with cancer and birth defects, and is sprayed in a microscopic plastic capsules that poses serious inhalation risks.