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Last fall, the State of California sprayed pesticides over Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties to control the potentially invasive Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM).

In the following weeks, over 600 people reported adverse health effects, ranging from breathing problems to rashes.

Since then, tens of thousands of Californians have called on Governor Schwarzenegger to investigate the health complaints and place a moratorium on future aerial pesticide spraying.

June 19, 2008: State Stops Aerial Spray, Continues With Controversial Toxic Ground & Air Measures.

Stop the Spray groups are alive and well, and continue to oppose untested, unsafe, unnecessary chemicals being used in our communities, public and agricultural lands.

Please stay tuned for email updates and calls to action...

FEATURED VIDEO OF THE WEEK

"A Skirmish Won, the Campaign Goes On"

Business executive Foster Gamble, a co-founder of CASSonline.org, gives his analysis of the CDFA’s decision not to aerial spray toxic pesticides over California urban areas. While celebrating the significant victory for grassroots organizing it represents, he goes on to examine what it really means for the CDFA and for the Stop the Spray movement. He shares his research on the various agendas driving pesticide and agriculture policy, looks at who benefits and who loses and what steps the movement needs to take to confront this larger picture.