Mim

a man drank malathione to prove it ws safe. he died.

Your point about filing federal lawsuits is really good. I would be very glad to see some lawyers in the spray zone take this on, not only to protect our health, but theirs.

Jerilyn -
I did not realize Brown had defended CDFA! Outrageous. Thank you for letting me know.

Kevin -
We’ve heard some very bizarre comments from Ag. Secretary Kawamura that he and his wife were out walking in the spray! I’m afraid I sensed he was lying when he said that. It’s my belief that they know exactly how dangerous the spray is.

On the other hand, I heard an anecdote recently that , some years ago, some company pulled a stunt of having their own employees take baths in DDT, I believe it was. This was in order to prove how safe it was. I wonder what happened to those people?

I share your pain over what is happening here, and want these men held accountable for their aggressive actions.

Mim

Then, prove beyond a shadow of doubt what damage the LBAM has done to date anywhere, and why they are so convinced that preemptive war and total eradication are the only options. Then, I might be willing to shut up and stay in my home and take the monthly showers…

Of course, we all know that the Governator is wrong since no tests for short and long term heath risk assessments have been completed on the LBAM spray and over 600 people have already had various negative health effects from the spray in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. Even CDFA states that they can not guarantee that the most vulnerable populations would not be harmed from the LBAM chemicals, which is enough to stop the LBAM Project. Additionally, no environmental impact studies have been completed on the LBAM Project as a whole to know of any unintended consequences with the LBAM Project.

Several civil, constitutional, and environmental state and federal laws have already been violated in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties alone. It is beholden on all of us to get our communities to file federal lawsuits to stop the LBAM Project since USDA is the driving bureaucracy behind it the LBAM Project.

So, the politics behind the Governator’s position to move forward with the LBAM Project does have a foul odor:
- no short and long term health risk assessments;

- no plans to conduct long term health risk assessments;

- CDFA unable to guarantee the health of the most vulnerable populations;

- no environmental impact report for any unintended consequences to the environment and all living things, including endangered species, etc.

Rachel Cameron is the Governor’s Deputy Press Secretary. Here’s some interesting information about Ms. Cameron. This article was written in 2006:

“Rachel Cameron, 23, of Davis, has been appointed press assistant in the Office of the Governor. She recently graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Cameron previously interned in the press office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $32,500. Cameron is a Democrat.”

http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/2353/

It is apparent by Rachel’s change in job titles in 2006 as “Press Assistant” and then in 2008 to “Deputy Press Secretary” that Rachel is moving on up.

Since we now know who speaks on Arnold’s behalf, here’s how we can reach Ms. Cameron to let her know what we think of Arnold’s insidious alliance with CDFA and Suterra; no short and long term health risk assessments; and no environmental impact report.

Rachel’s email:
rachel.cameron@gov.ca.gov

Rachel’s telephone number:
916-445-4571

In the meantime, all of us need to get our communities to join together to file a federal lawsuit based on the violation of state and federal environmental laws.