Numerosi siti di controinformazione, tra cui Rense.com, riportano in questi giorni un articolo apparso sul Santa Cruz Sentinel (giornale locale), che parla di malesseri registrati da centinaia di cittadini dopo un'operazione di irrorazione compiuta dallo stato della California, ufficialmente con un pesticida contro una tarma delle mele.

Ecco un estratto da www.rumormillnews.com:

January 5, 2008

Group alleges hundreds got sick after moth spraying
Shanna McCord
Sentinel staff writer

SANTA CRUZ -- The number of people who suffered burning eyes, scratchy throats and other ailments after the state sprayed Santa Cruz and Monterey counties for the light brown apple moth might be much higher than previously believed, though state agriculture officials reiterated Friday the pesticide was unlikely the cause of any illness.

About 50 area residents concerned with the aerial pesticide applications last fall turned out for a news conference at Santa Cruz City Hall on Friday to listen to the findings documented in two reports compiled by a group of concerned citizens called California Alliance to Stop the Spray. The reports are related to health effects from the pheromone spray known as CheckMate LBAM-F.

The reports, about 200 pages each, state there were 643 complaints of physical harm from the spray in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties -- itchy eyes and throats, shortness of breath, asthma attacks, skin rashes, headaches and even interruptions in menstrual cycles.

FULL STORY:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/story.php?storySection=Local&sid=64642

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