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Starting in June, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) plans to aerial spray pesticides over the Bay Area and Central Coast to address the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) issue.  Areas slated for spraying include: all of San Francisco, large parts of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo Counties, and Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.  This is the first-time ever aerial spraying of the proposed pesticides has occurred over densely populated areas, and no studies have been done on the health or environmental impacts of such aerial spraying in urban areas.  If not stopped, CDFA plans to continue spraying each month for up to 3 years or indefinitely until the moth is eradicated. 

Please write to the Assembly Agriculture Committee Members and Governor Schwarzenegger to urge them to support an immediate moratorium on aerial spraying until safer non-aerial alternatives can be identified, and to support proposed legislation to ensure the informed consent of the people that would be affected.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY as the Assembly Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on this issue this Wednesday, March 12th.