LBAM spray.com Reports Documents

Report # 38:

Nanotechnology in Food & Agriculture: OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND ON TO OUR PLATES
"reducing the particle size of existing chemical emulsions to the nanoscale, or are encapsulating active ingredients in nanocapsules designed to break open in certain conditions, for example in response to sunlight, heat or the alkaline conditions in an insects stomach." [or human stomach?]

Report # 37:

Pheromone Search of 942 Monterey County Lepidoptera Species Potentially Affected Non-Target Species / California LBAM Eradication Plan 10-06-07

Report # 36:

"Light Brown Apple Moth in California: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impacts" - "LBAM is found throughout Australia but it does not survive well at high temperatures and is a more serious pest in cooler areas with mild summers. The pest performs best under cool conditions (mean annual temperature of approximately 56şF) with moderate rainfall (approximately 29 inches) and moderate-high relative humidity (approximately 70%). Hot, dry conditions may reduce populations significantly."

Report # 35:

"The Light Brown Apple Moth Aerial Spray Campaign: The Health Hazards of Particles, Toxins, Inflammatory Cascades and Genomic Predisposition" - Dr. Ann M. Haiden, D.O, Read Report

Report # 34:

CASS Press Release. CASS Economic Team Report:
"Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) - ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS" by Foster Gamble

Report # 33:

Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Post-Spray Effects on Animals and Pets Summary Report Prepared by Roy Upton LBAM Liaison Citizens For Health Soquel, 5/1/08

Report # 32:

Testimony of Derrell L. Chambers on Bill Number 87 Relative to the Light Brown Apple Moth. April 28, 2008

Report # 31:

Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Eradication Program: Potential Effects on Pollinators and Implications for California Agriculture by: Roy Upton LBAM Liaison Citizens For Health Soquel, CA; Daniel Harder PhD Department of Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Cruz, CA; Thomas Dadant Santa Cruz, CA 5/3/08

Report # 30:

Marin Pesticide Spraying Health Hazard Alert
"Immediate short term acute health concerns are to be expected from the known toxicology of several of the chemicals in the Checkmate formulation mix and in the polyurea plastic particulate capsule." -By Lawrence Rose M.D., M.P.H., former Senior Public Medical Officer for Cal-OSHA and part of the UCSF Occupational/Environmental Medicine Department 4/20/08

Report # 29:

What is PM10? Particulate Matter = PM
"PM10 from Aerial Spraying Increases Hospitalization and Death" by Knepp Ph.D. and Haferman Ph.D.

Report # 28:

Scientists Spotlight Error in Agency Analysis of LBAM spray" by Knepp Ph.D. and Haferman Ph.D. Read the Report 4/15/08

Report # 27:

CDC Releases Extensive Survey of Americans Exposure to Environmental Chemicals 2005 press release

Report # 26:

Die-off of Seabirds After Aerial Spraying of Checkmate LBAM-F Pesticide Solution in Santa Cruz, CA -Roy Upton Citizens For Health Soquel, CA

Report # 25:

"Safety Review: Permethrin" Prepared by Roy Upton, LBAM Liaison Lynette Casper, Research Associate Citizens For Health 04/03/08

Report # 24:

"I have talked to eight different UC entomologists about the LBAM problem. Some of these are highly statured scientists within the UC System. Not one of these entomologists believes that the light brown apple moth can be eradicated." - James Carey, entomologist at UC Davis with specialties in invasion biology, insect demography, and population dynamics. 3/12/08

Report # 23:

"Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Treatment Program: A Critical Review of Its Justification, Biological Impact and Human and Environmental Health Consequences" Prepared by Roy Upton, LBAM Liaison Lynette Casper, Research Associate Citizens For Health & California Alliance to Stop the Spray 3/18/08

Report # 22:

"Pheromone Search of 942 Monterey County Lepidoptera Species, Potentially Affected Non-Target Species / California LBAM Eradication Plan"

Report # 21:

New Report Exposes CDFA Disinformation!! California Experts conclude "LBAM is considered a minor pest that does not cause economically significant crop damage or have detrimental effect on native flora." Read Report Authors: Daniel Harder, Ph.D. Executive Director The Arboretum, University of California at Santa Cruz. Jeff Rosendale, Grower, Horticultural Consultant

Report # 20:

"How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides." "microencapsulated formulations are most hazardous to bees..." -- Oregon State University

Report # 19:

"Unidentified Inert Ingredients in Pesticides: Implications for Human and Environmental Health" - Caroline Cox and Michael Surgan

Report # 18:

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
for the LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH PROGRAM
Released January 25, 2007. These recommendations were developed during a meeting on December 13-14, 2007

Report # 17:

The Federal governmental agency (USDA) United States Department of Agriculture, recently issued their 2008 Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Treatment Program for Light Brown Apple Moth in California. (Read report) Feb. 2008

Report # 16:

"Growth and Survival of Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) After Exposure to Permethrin Barrier Treatments" K. S. OBERHAUSER, S. J. BRINDA, S. WEAVER, R. D. MOON, S. A. MANWEILER, AND N. READ

Report # 15:

Understanding Microcapsules

Report # 14:

Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Host List -Exempted from Federal Quarantine

Report # 13:

"Inert Ingredients in Pesticides"-
CAROLINE COX & MICHAEL SURGAN Environmental Health Perspectives: http://dx.doi.org

Report # 12:

"Wide spread aerial spraying may cause irreparable harm to non-target species including humans..." report by Lancelot Houston

Report # 11:

"Growth and Survival of Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) After Exposure to Permethrin Barrier Treatments" K. S. OBERHAUSER, S. J. BRINDA, S. WEAVER, R. D. MOON, S. A. MANWEILER, AND N. READ

Report # 10:

US EPA- Lepidopteran Pheromones Fact Sheet

Report # 09:

Pesticide Effects on Sex Last Generations in Rats by Josie Glausiusz for Discover (source)

Report # 08:

UC IPM- Light Brown Apple Moth in California: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impacts

Report # 07:

"...Australian pest detected in at least nine California counties since mid-March, [LBAM] "was probably here a very long time prior to its discovery..." - UC Davis entomologist James R. Carey

Report # 06:

Recommendations of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Light Brown Apple Moth Infestation in California 8 June 2007 These recommendations were developed during a meeting of the Technical Working Group in San Jose, California, 16-18 May 2007

Report # 05:

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) covers up CheckMate pesticide killing 650 birds after aerial spray in 2007. CDFG lab report

Disinfo. 1) CDFG "compared feather extracts to CheckMate -F", a product that does not exist, and has determined that the birds did not die from "CheckMate -F", again, a product that does not exist.

Disinfo 2) CDFG "analyzed samples for constituents of CheckMate -F and found none of the ACTIVE ingrediants". What about testing for the inert ingrediants like Tricaprylyl Methyl Ammonium Chloride? "According to SIMoN (Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network for the Monterey Bay) surfactants act like a detergent to reduce the waterproofing ability of feathers."

Report # 04:

TOXICTY REPORT FOR OLR-F/LBAM-F

Report # 03:

The Toxicity of CheckmateŽ LBAM-F and Epiphyas postvittana Pheromone to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Fathead Minnow study shows two things.
1) CheckmateŽ LBAM-F when it pools up like after rain the high pheromone concentrations will cause 100 % mortality in the tested aquatic life.
2)CheckmateŽ LBAM-F "microcapsules ranged in size from approximately 10 microns to 190 microns". ALA and EPA agree that esposure to particles of this size and smaller have been linked to serious health ploblems like "increased hospitalization for asthma attacks...slowed lung function growth in children and teenagers" and many more health problems.

Report # 02:

1. A Review of 643 Documented Complaints of Adverse Reactions Following the CDFAs Aerial Spraying of two Pesticides based on Pheromones over Densely Populated Neighborhoods in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in September, October and November 2007 By Mike Lynberg and HOPE.org January 5, 2008

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF COMPLAINTS and RECOMMENDATIONS (10 pages)

a. APPENDIX 643 Documented Complaints (192 pages)

Report # 01:

CASS Letter To Dr. Khalsa / Full document including Appendix

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