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Breathe Deep - it's Foray48B!
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 8:14 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
The Health Risk Assessment, on which the government relies for stating that Foray48B is safe, investigated the ingredients of the spray only for their effects when ingested or in contact with the skin - but not when inhaled. More >>
The burden of cost
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 11:43 pm | Stop Aerial Spraying
There is no financial assistance or compensation available to people who are adversely affected by the spraying of Auckland with Foray48B. All treatment, perscriptions, health and social costs and loss of earnings are born by the affected persons and ... More >>
SAS – The Facts
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 8:57 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
Without disclosure of the contents of the spray, doctors, including the MAF appointed doctors, cannot really know what they're treating, nor sufferers know what they're reacting to. More >>
Evacuees or Refugees?
Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 8:18 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
To solve the problem of severe reactions to Foray 48B MAF offers 'evacuation' to some people. Evacuation means one will not be able to be at home, or at school or at work for many days each month. More >>
A world record
Friday, 14 February 2003, 9:33 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
The aerial spraying against the painted apple moth involves by far the largest number of people subjected to the highest number of applications of Foray48B anywhere in the world. More >>
Health Risk Assessment?
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 9:06 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
The government have not reassessed the human health risks from aerial spraying with Foray48B since the original spray area was increased from 600 hectares of uninhabited riparian margin to 10,500 hectares of densely populated urban Auckland. More >>
How many is too many?
Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 8:33 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
The government claims that 5% of people sprayed with Foray48B suffer adverse health effects. 5% of 200,000 people equals 10,000 men, women, children and an unknown number of unborn. More >>
Meriel Watts Report into PAM Spray Health Risks
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 1:35 pm | Stop Aerial Spraying
The Health Risk Assessment (HRA) for the Foray 48B aerial spraying programme identifies most of the symptoms reported by the West Auckland community during or after the aerial spraying. These include eye, nose, throat and skin irritation, nausea, headache, ... More >>
Pesticide Expert says: Stop spraying humans
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 1:00 pm | Stop Aerial Spraying
Dr Meriel Watts, a member of the Pesticides Board and the Agrichemical Trespass Ministerial Advisory Committee says she supports constitutional lawyer, Sir Geoffrey Palmer's opinion that: “Aerial Spraying of the Auckland community must cease.” More >>
Anti-spraying groups 'up the ante'
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 12:59 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
A community group in the Painted Apple Moth aerial spray zone in West Auckland, is upping the ante in their fight to stop aerial spraying. More >>
Stop Aerial Spraying
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 9:59 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
Stop Aerial Spraying (SAS) have been lobbying Waitakere City Council after receiving documents through the Official Information Act which suggest that the Council could stop aerial spraying at anytime. More >>
Government Refused to Receive Community Concerns
Friday, 15 November 2002, 11:06 am | Stop Aerial Spraying
Stop Aerial Spraying spokesperson, Sue Berman, is disappointed that neither Prime Minister Helen Clark nor members of her Cabinet made themselves available to receive a 400 plus signed letter expressing concern about the aerial spray campaign to eradicate ... More >>
Stop Aerial Spraying Action-Plan
Wednesday, 30 October 2002, 2:27 pm | Stop Aerial Spraying
Stop Aerial Spraying, a community group opposing MAF’s aerial spraying operation against the Painted Apple Moth, have launched two new initiatives generated from their no spray website... More >>
