Calif Moth PesticideTesting to be done in . . . TEXAS

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Sat, May 3, 2008 10:54AM

Texas -- who'd have guessed? There's apparently no place in all of California qualified to do the testing for the spray for the light brown apple moth (LBAM). So it has to happen in the Bush/Execution state? Home of Enron, that the gropernator let off with our money? Just more that stinks about all this. Remember, each spraying costs millions and a large chunk of the millions goes to Suterra. The planes are a surveillance company out of Virginia that does work in Iraq. All Rethug donors and appointees. Likely this has almost zero to do with a moth.

Apple Moth Pesticide Tests May Not Go Far Enough

(CBS 5) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said this summer's spraying for the light brown apple moth won't begin until tests on the pesticide's health effects are conducted. But CBS 5 Investigates has learned that plan may not go far enough.

The governor announced the state would have the contractor perform what he called a "six-pack" of tests on a pesticide called Checkmate. But the state wants testing completed before spraying in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties is scheduled to begin in August. Tests to determine long-term health effects of the pesticide take much longer.

Our video report has more.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/apple-moth-pesticide-tests-may-not-go-far-enough/2692505148

For more information: http://cbs5.com/local/moth.spraying.tests....

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