CASS Press Releases and Reports
May
5, 2008 Press Release
April 3, 2008 Press Release
January 23, 2008 Press Release
January
4, 2008 Press Release
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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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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
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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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What
is our position on the proposed
Assembly Bills that are related
to this issue?
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The
LBAM Aerial Spray Program and Human
Rights - A report by Environment
and Human Rights Advisory (EHRA),
listing international human rights
norms of concern associated with
CDFA's proposed aerial spray program.
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New
Zealand Report on IPM Management
of LBAM - A comprehensive
report by Daniel Harder and Jeff
Rosendale, indicating that the Light
Brown Apple Moth is only considered
to be a minor pest in New Zealand,
contrary to what CDFA and USDA have
stated. This is the result of a
3-week, 3,000-kilometer fact-finding
study in New Zealand where the Light
Brown Apple Moth is native.
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Analysis
of Toxicology Studies With LBAM
and Related Lepidopteran Pheromones
- Prepared by Richard B. Philip,
D.V.M., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
The University of Western Ontario
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643
Documented Complaints of
Adverse Reactions following the
CDFA’s aerial spraying of two pesticides
over densely populated neighborhoods
in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties
in September, October and November
of 2007. By Mike Lynberg and 1HOPE.org.
(opens in 192-page
pdf file)
SUMMARY
OF COMPLAINTS and RECOMMENDATIONS
(opens
in 10-page pdf file)
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Letter
to Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary (opens
in 13-page pdf file)
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CASS
First Letter to Dr. Rama Khalsa
of the County of Santa Cruz Health
Services Agency. Also, here is a
List
of Appendixes that accompanied
the letter.
CASS
Follow-up Letter to Dr. Rama Khalsa
