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Current News

  • April 19, 2010.  CASS files lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for violating multiple California Laws regarding the CDFA Light Brown Apple Moth pesticide program.

See complaint at:
(http://www.dontspraycalifornia.org/VolkerLBAMComplaint041910.pdf)

 

  • March 22, 2010.  CDFA admits that LBAM has caused "No Crop Damage" in California, contrary to dozens of previous erroneous reports by CDFA.

    This CDFA admission of "No Crop Damage" is found within the CDFA LBAM Program Environmental Impact Report Certified by CDFA on March 22, 2010.  It is located in Chapter #3, page 3-20 lines 6,7 and page 3-21 lines 3,4 below table 3-16 within the draft Environmental Impact Report document.


  • March 15, 2010. USDA and CDFA finally concede that it is not feasible to Eradicate LBAM in California.  This follows three years of CDFA claims that LBAM can be eradicated.

 

  • CASS continues to maintain frequent educational updates to the public via this website and directly through email, not only about the LBAM program, but also about other planned eradication/control programs that are motivated to generate funds for the CDFA agency.

BRIEF HISTORY / BACKGROUND ON THE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH (LBAM) IN CALIFORNIA

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Complete CDFA Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)


Below is a small sample of public comments
challenging the Draft EIR:

 


Reports by
Professor Glen Chase

CDFA May Have Underestimated Toxic Danger of LBAM Pesticides By One Million Times or More
March 24, 2009.

Fraud and Deception:
The CDFA LBAM Eradication Program.

A Detailed Description of CDFA Management
strategy Fraud. 2nd Edition, October 9, 2008.
Press Release

 
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  • Previous News and Events

    • April 24, 2008.  Santa Cruz Superior Court Halts CDFA Aerial Spray.

      With information that CASS supplied to the City and County of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz City and County won their California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit against CDFA halting spraying until an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is completed.  The Superior Court found that there was no evidence of LBAM damage, that LBAM was NOT an emergency as CDFA claimed, and that CDFA must complete an EIR prior to proceeding with further pesticide spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM).


    • May 12, 2008.  Monterey County Superior Court Judge Robert A. O'Farrell reached a similar conclusion as the Santa Cruz Superior Court and ordered CDFA to stop spraying pesticides for LBAM, and to initiate and complete a proper EIR prior to any further spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth.


    • June 18, 2008.  CDFA filed Notices of Appeal for both CEQA lawsuits they had lost.


    • September 2008.  CDFA drops appeal of Santa Cruz and Monterey court rulings.


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      Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) 101

      A comprehensive and accurate overview
      of the Light Brown Apple Moth. Prepared
      by Jeff Rosendale, co-author of the
      recently released New Zealand Report
      on IPM Management of LBAM.


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      Report:

      Economic Impacts and Solutions
      Clearing the Air in the CDFA, USDA Pesticide Spray Program On Nine Northern California Counties.
      A Research Summary by the
      CASS Economics Action Team



      Press Release


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      Potential Effects on Pollinators and Implications for California Agriculture
      A summary report prepared by Daniel Harder Ph.D., Department of Evolutionary Biology, UCSC; Roy Upton; and Thomas Dadant.




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      Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Post Spray Effects on Animals and Pets - A summary report prepared by Roy Upton, LBAM Liaison, Citizens For Health




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      Download CASS' Tri-fold Flyer




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      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). CASS opposes this program for the following reasons:

      1. The program developed by the state has not been shown to be safe for application to residential populations.

      2. The pesticide solution contains synthetic chemical pheromones as active ingredients and numerous potentially toxic compounds as so-called "inactive" compounds.

      3. The aerial spraying portion of the program will occur 3-4 days every month for up to 10 years exposing children, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and the elderly to continued exposure to unknown concentrations of these potential toxins for extremely long periods of time.

      4. The toxicity of this pesticide solution to the environment has not been fully ascertained and many of the ingredients are recognized human, environmental, ecological, and aquatic toxins.

      5. The economic justification used by the State of California was based on a completely theorized worse case scenario of LBAM infestation with no basis of substantiation whatsoever.

      6. The program includes pesticide treatment of residential yards, parks, and residential streets with highly toxic pyrethroids.


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