Stop the Spray Resources - LBAM Spray in San Francisco Bay Area
Use the resources below to learn more why cities, groups and individuals are opposing the proposed aerial spraying in the San Francisco Bay Area. (You can find the pro-spray positions of the California Department of Agriculture at the CDFA website.)
LBAM Spray Articles at About San Francisco
Overview of LBAM Aerial Spraying Issue
Summary of the proposed CDFA eradication plan
10 Reasons to Oppose the LBAM Aerial Spraying
Ten arguments against the proposed Bay Area LBAM program
LBAM Spray News & Updates
Links to news stories and updated coverage
Summary of Berkeley Informational LBAM Meeting (Feb 2008)
Summary of points made by speakers
Things You Can Do to Stop the Spray
How to help if you oppose the aerial spraying program
Stop the Spray Groups and Websites
California Alliance to Stop the Spray
Umbrella organization for groups, health professionals, and individuals who oppose the spray. CASS is dedicated to stopping the State of California's residential use of pesticides in an attempt to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM).
Stop the Spray
Founded in the Autumn of 2007 to give voice to aerial spraying opposition in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
East Bay Stop the Spray
East Bay arm of Stop the Spray -- committed to stopping the LBAM spraying in the Bay Area
Stop the Spray Marin
A community-based group of citizens and grassroots organizers concerned for the health, environmental and economic risks of the planned LBAM eradication program
Online repository of LBAM-related documents, studies and news
Vegan Reader
An informative, independent website covering all aspects of the LBAM spray issue
Joanie Greggains at KGO Radio
Joanie's been covering the LBAM issue on her show Saturday mornings
Play Not Spray
Coalition of parents and concerned San Franciscans opposed to the spray
Pesticide Watch
Citizens group founded in 1991 to develop sustainable solutions for dealing with pests
LBAM Reports
Aerial Treatment Maps (CDFA)
Areas to be treated by LBAM aerial spraying or twist ties
Independent Toxicologist Testimony in Santa Cruz v CDFA
Toxicologist testifies to lack of chronic toxicitiy studies
Marin Pesticide Spraying Health Hazard Alert
by Lawrence Rose M.D., M.P.H., former Senior Public Medical Officer for Cal-OSHA
and part of the UCSF Occupational/Environmental Medicine Department
Ingredients in Checkmate LBAM-F
The product used in the LBAM spray over Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
The Light Brown Apple Moth Aerial Spray Campaign: The Health Hazards of Particles, Toxins, Inflammatory Cascades and Genomic Predisposition
by internist Ann M Haiden
CheckMate LBAM-F Particle Size Distribution
by Dennis L Knepp, PhD and Jeff Haferman, PhD
PM10 From Aerial Spraying Increases Hospitalization and Death
How particle size in LBAM spray will affect public health
Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program: Post-Spray Effects on Animals and Pets
by Roy Upton, LBAM Liaison, Citizens for Health
Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Potential Effects on Pollinators and Implications for California Agriculture
by Roy Upton, Daniel Harder PhD, and Thomas Dadant
James Carey (UC Davis Entomologist) Testifies at Committee on Agriculture
Discusses impossibility of eradication as well as probability that LBAM has been in California for a number of years
Light Brown Apple Moth Videos
Illegal LBAM Spraying: Who Profits? How to Stop It?
Business executive and documentary film producer Foster Gamble followed the money
Is Apple Moth Really a Risk?
KPIX 5 report investigates the truth behind LBAM emergency
Stop Them Before They Spray Again
Roy Upton of Citizens for Health discusses his post-aerial-spraying observations
Human Health Damage from Forced Aerial Spraying
Mike Lynberg of Pacific Grove discusses the health reports collected after Monterey and Santa Cruz aerial spraying
Debunking Moth Myths
UC scientists James Carey and Daniel Harder speak out
LBAM Aerial Spraying - Berkeley Town Hall (Feb 2008)
Video coverage of the speakers