Regarding the CDFA Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) eradication/Pierce's Disease Control program:

Background, Comments and Suggestions from Ann Maurice,  Member Environmental/Public Health Task Force

Lab Officials Jailed for Falsifying Environmental Data
Of course even if all of the "tests" of the active ingredients were truthful and accurate, we will never know about the real dangers your "registered" POISONS present, because of all the untested/unknown "inerts", contaminants, metabolites, transformation by-products and/or synergistic health effects.

PEST CONTROL: ATTENDING SCHOOL MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

Having an IPM plan does not mean a school district will no longer use pesticides.
[ For most programs IPM means Include Pesticides Monthly]

REPORT DOCUMENTS ALTERNATIVES FOR CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS

Many synthetic chemical pollutants that are poisoning both people and wildlife could be eliminated without disrupting the economy, concludes a new study unveiled today by the Worldwatch Institute (WWI)

Contaminated Corn Dumped on EPA in San Francisco
Greenpeace activists today dumped two tons of StarLink-contaminated corn in front of the Environmental Protection Agency's local headquarters. The activists, wearing biohazard suits, demanded that the agency deny approval of the gene-altered corn for human consumption, as requested by the corn's producer, Aventis, due to scientific concerns about potential health risks.  

NAFTA Flouts Global Toxic Waste Dumping Treaty 
Environmentalists expressed outrage today at what is the first known instance of a trade treaty openly undermining and flouting a multilateral environmental agreement (MEA).

McDonald's asks suppliers to stop using GM feeds
The ubiquitous high-street burger chain said, however, it would be impossible to demand a complete ban on GM feeds since non-GM corn and soya meal was not available in sufficient quantities.  
(How did so much of the world's food become genetically modified without the consumer being aware?)

World Religions Unite on Conserving the Planet 
From Baha'is to Zoroastrians, each religion represented at the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) 39th annual conference has announced conservation initiatives.

Pope John Paul II "We Must Be Custodians of Nature"
When this principle is forgotten and they become the tyrants rather than the custodians of nature, sooner or later the latter will rebel.  But you understand clearly, dear friends, that this principle of order, which applies to agricultural work as well as to every other area of human activity, is rooted in the human heart.

Medical studies indicating health hazards from pyrethroid pesticides

• Links between pyrethroids and breast cancer 

• Links between insecticides and testosterone decreases 

• Links between pyrethroids and childhood brain cancers 

• Links between pyrethroids and neurological damage 

• Links between pyrethroids and thyroid damage

Citizens on the Move for Land and Food Without Poisons!
The campaign is targeting the unethical practices of many transnational corporations (TNCs) as they move to take control of local and regional food supplies and agricultural production systems. As an alternative, the Caravan advocates genuine agrarian reform to achieve food security, social justice and land and food without poisons. (People are hunting for environmental justice.)

Organophosphate Poisoning - Poison in the Home
Six cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning have come my way since August. During the very hot spell many people were spraying their pets and furniture against fleas. Most of them used one or other brand of organophosphate spray or powder, usually unlabelled beyond the trade name.

Chromosomal Aberration Frequency High in Workers Exposed to Pesticides
The researchers report that there was a significant increase in the percentage of cells with chromosomal aberrations among exposed individuals (13%) compared with the control group (4%). Further, "individual characteristics such as age, sex, time of exposure to the pesticides, and smoking habits showed no correlation with chromosomal aberrations," they say. 

Healthy Children Forum Report - POISONS Have More Rights Than Humans
Risk assessment looks for the lowest safest level rather then no exposure. Risk management is the policy maker and it gets very watered down at this stage. Hazard ID, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment (combination of science, guesswork and questionable ethics) are part of the Risk / Characterization. Chemicals have more rights then humans.

Pesticide Manufacturer Offers Dead Bugs for Money
Johnson hopes its bug hunt -- conducted nationwide -- will link its brands to good health and hygiene and build market share for its pesticide products, including Raid, a household bug spray.

COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CHARGED WITH 27 FELONY COUNTS - Faces Up to Seven Years in Prison if Convicted 

Elementary School Drifted on by Toxic Pesticide
As children were arriving to Mound Elementary School early this morning, a commonly used insecticide was applied to adjacent fields.  The chemical, Lorsban, drifted over the children and towards the school as they arrived for their classes.

New GE Crops Tested in California Threaten Key Export Markets
According to Greenpeace, there is a high likelihood that use of GE crops in California agriculture will threaten important export markets. U.S. farmers have seen exports of corn and soybeans drop dramatically since they started growing GE varieties of those crops.

California Remains “Hooked on Poisons”

Each year, more than 200 million pounds of pesticides are used in California.  They are applied in schools, in and around homes, on roadsides, and on farmland.  Picked up by winds and water, these chemicals are distributed to nearly every corner of the state and are commonly found on food, in surface water and ground water and in the air. 

Pesticides: The Real Pests?
Joe Crozier and Yvette Maiangowi thought that, like many other Americans, they were simply developing seasonal allergies. Over 785 gallons of pesticides had been sprayed in their home by a previous owner, they later learned, including 370 gallons of Dursban, a compound banned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this past June.  (Question: Is it true that in Arizona and other states, homeowners/builders are required by law to soak their homes with pesticides before state inspectors will sign off on the construction?) 

Spraying airplanes for bugs
Spraying airplanes for bugs -- while passengers are aboard -- is required by six countries and allowed by at least six others as a way to kill unwanted species of insects that could harm plants or animals. 

Pesticide Found to Produce Parkinson's Symptoms in Rats
An organic pesticide widely used on home-grown fruits and vegetables and for killing unwanted fish in the nation's lakes and rivers produces all the classic symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats that receive steady amounts of the chemical in their bloodstreams

Response from Mr. Helliker?
(Doing business as usual without saying anything)

Mr. Helliker should read the above article.