UC Scientists Carey and Harder On Video Debunking LBAM Moth Myth
Wednesday 19 Mar 2008 | LBAM Spray Bay Area
Take ten minutes to watch this LBAM Myth Debunking YouTube Video.
UC Davis Entomologist Dr. James Carey and UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director Dr. Daniel Harder present the results of their New Zealand research at a March 13, 2008 hearing held in San Rafael by State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
As you will see and hear, LBAM is kept in control by natural predators like birds, earwigs, and beetles in New Zealand so long as organophosphates are not sprayed. The scientists urge that California stop spraying organophosphates and reclassify the moth so that trade restrictions will not be applied to produce grown where the non-threatening Light Brown Apple Moth exists.
What is vital for you to understand is that scientists speaking on behalf of the California Department of Food and Agriculture are employed to twist facts and logic to support CDFA’s plan to aerially spray 17,000,000 Californians. By contrast, non-CDFA scientists are concerned about the environment and human health, and the brave ones, like Carey and Harder, are speaking out to defend us from the unwarranted, toxic aerial spraying.
Please watch the video and share it with everyone you know.
Wednesday 19 Mar 2008 | admin | LBAM Spray Bay Area |
Both UC Davis Entomologist, Dr. James Carey, and UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director, Dr. Daniel Harder, are to be commended for informing all of us about the light brown apple moth.