Friday, November 09, 2007
Preemptive chemical spraying
"While Santa Cruz County is the epicenter of the moth invasion, state regulators decided to attack the perimeters first, having already executed one aerial spraying program in Monterey.
The second spraying was temporarily blocked by a Monterey County judge after one group claimed the first spraying caused people to become ill. That group, Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE), has also challenged the state's decision to go forward without a full environmental impact report (EIR). However, the judge recanted after reviewing information produced by the manufacturer of the pheromone." - MC Post
Having low-flying airplanes carpet spraying seemingly benign chemical pheromones all night for 8 hours straight can definitely spoil any Diwali dinner party, as it did ours last night. And it will continue for two weeks, every few months through the life cycle of this Australian moth that hasn't done much more than mate profusely. Who is to say that thirty years down the road we won't discover that this chemical is in fact malignant in some way? Or that we will suddenly become attracted to moths?
The second spraying was temporarily blocked by a Monterey County judge after one group claimed the first spraying caused people to become ill. That group, Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE), has also challenged the state's decision to go forward without a full environmental impact report (EIR). However, the judge recanted after reviewing information produced by the manufacturer of the pheromone." - MC Post
Having low-flying airplanes carpet spraying seemingly benign chemical pheromones all night for 8 hours straight can definitely spoil any Diwali dinner party, as it did ours last night. And it will continue for two weeks, every few months through the life cycle of this Australian moth that hasn't done much more than mate profusely. Who is to say that thirty years down the road we won't discover that this chemical is in fact malignant in some way? Or that we will suddenly become attracted to moths?
# posted by Surya Swamy : 11:25 AM
