Max and I call them cat toys. We all know cats and kids who would never leave these alone, don’t we?

I’ve also known a number of canaries, who would be attracted to the hangers as swings and perches…

I want to add this letter from Don’t Spray California regarding the toxicity of ground applications:

From East Bay Pesticide Alert, (www.dontspraycalifornia.org):

Once more, we offer up the toxicology of the ground-based program in
addition to the aerial spraying. While we might have a bit of breathing room
for a day or two with the recent Santa Cruz court ruling, it is a dangerous time to this
movement. This kind of time is exactly where people sometimes drop out of
the picture and then after this “stay of execution”, the CDFA could come back at
us with an improved set of “doctor representatives” who have concocted in
their laboratories called offices a new version of the appeal and here’s
how it is likely to read:

“Okay, so we get that we can’t aerial spray so now we’re up against a wall
and you have to let us use the other tools in our toolbox. Obviously people
are not concerned about the ground treatments (after all, they are asking to
be trained to put up the twist ties!), so we have to proceed with them right
now.”

We hope everyone will compare the released ingredients of the twist ties
with Checkmate (you can do so below). Are people ready for a harder battle
ahead? If not, people will be being sickened one by one at home as happens
presently with municipal use and personal use by businesses and neighbors
all around them. This program is just icing on the cake.

As always, we will continue to gather up support for opposition to the total
program. This is, most certainly, not a time to feel safe.

Max

Here’s a whole bunch of toxicology of the various chemicals involved in this
program. There is more on our website.

Toxicological profile for CheckMate, the two pesticide formulations used
last Fall:
http://eastbaypesticidealert.org/Permethrin%20Safety%20Review.htm

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The FLAKES they’re testing in New Zealand, according to the
application for the test program (which can be found here:
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/appfiles/execsumm/pdf/HSC08001-002.pdf):

Disrupt Micro-Flake LBAM - 89% “inert” ingredients undisclosed!

Manufacturer’s “Fact Sheet”:
http://74.53.61.125/pdf/LBAM%20Factsheet%20073007.pdf

Manufacturer’s MSDS:
http://74.53.61.125/pdf/MSDS%20LBAM%20Micro-Flake%20jh%20071907.pdf

Manufacturer’s Label:
http://74.53.61.125/pdf/Disrupt%20MicroFlake%20LBAM%20label%20w%20CA%20reg%2
0no%\
20072707.pdf

They say that “A `Sticker Agent’ will be mixed with Disrupt Bioflake
LBAM for adherence of the flakes to foliage”: X3221 Micro-Tac II
Sticker Agent (Manufactured by Lock N Pop (Key Tech Corporation))

I think there might have been some dyslexic thing going on: Scentry,
one of the companies they deal with, carries something called Biotac,
and they are calling the Micro-Flakes Bioflakes. So the adhesive may
be this: http://www.scentry.com/images/BioTacAdhesive.pdf

I’ve not been able to find anything else on this adhesive that matches
their description more precisely. If anyone comes across any more
reliable information about this, please share it here!

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The “goo” for the utility poles is called SPLAT LBAM. The
documentation for this product requires a password, for which you have
to contact customer service. I’ve not done this. I assume they will
not be releasing it to someone who is not a customer. I haven’t had
time. I’d love it if others called and shared what you found out.

SPLAT (Specialized Pheromone & Lure Application Technology)
http://www.iscatech.com/exec/SPLAT.htm

90% undisclosed ingredients

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One other product they’re testing is another micro-capsule product,
called NoMate LBAM MEC, manufactured by http://www.scentry.com. I haven’t
found any MSDS or Label for it so far. Again, if anyone else does,
please send it my way.

The closest thing I found, and which I suspect is probably what
they’re talking about is this:

NoMate for Leafroller: NoMate LRX MEC

Label:
http://www.scentry.com/images/NoMateLRXMEC.pdf

MSDS
http://www.scentry.com/images/LRXMecM.pdf

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Btk, which they did use on New Zealand, with hundreds of people
sickened (see the People’s Inquiry of New Zealand
http://www.peoplesinquiry.co.nz/):

No Spray Zone overview of Btk (pdf)
http://eastbaypesticidealert.org/No%20Spray%20Zone%20paper%20on%20Btk.PDF

Toxicological profile for Btk by Northwest Coalition for Alternatives
to Pesticides (pdf) http://www.pesticide.org/btk.pdf

The formulations approved for use in this program are manufactured by
Certis. http://www.certisusa.com/

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Then there are the twist ties, which the manufacturer’s MSDS, which is
unlikely to tell the whole story, admits are “harmful if absorbed through
skin”… They are put up in easy reach of climbing children and curious
critters.

http://www.pacificbiocontrol.com/Light%20Brown%20Apple%20Moth%20-%20LBAM_fil
es/MSDS-LBAM.pdf

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And let’s not forget the PERMETHRIN added to the SPLAT…:

Dangers of Permethrin Fact Sheet by Caroline Cox
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Permethrin.htm

Most recent toxicological profile for Permethrin (MS Word)
http://eastbaypesticidealert.org/Permethrin%20Safety%20Review.htm

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Much of this information has been and will be available on our website
(www.dontspraycalifornia.org). Please remember that we have toxicology
for all sorts of pesticides there. If you don’t find a specific
pesticide anywhere on the site, get in touch and we can probably send
a link to information about it. Our updated LBAM page is in the
process of being finalized. Please check out the preview, and if
there’s a link you simply must have before the update is done, please
get in touch, and I’ll send any link you want.