State stops aerial pesticide spraying over neighborhoods
A victory for thousands of residents in California. The CDFA announced they will no longer aerial spray urban areas with pesticide to combat LBAM. However, the struggle is not over. If the CDFA has its way, planes will spray the pesticide CheckMate LBAM-F over "agricultural or undeveloped areas only" (areas not accessible by roads). All ground applications will go on as planned but will now include an aerial release of sterile moths. Our work continues, buoyed by this tremendous victory! - 6/19/08