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Albany passes ban on apple moth pesticide
Spray has harmful effects
Following the spraying of a synthetic pheromone in September, October and November in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties to combat the moth, a coalition of environmental groups released a report naming 648 cases of negative health effects that may have stemmed from the pesticide spraying, according to the Pesticide Watch Education Fund.
The spray reportedly caused symptoms including asthma-like attacks, difficulty breathing, chest pains, headaches, blurred vision, swollen glands, skin rashes and chronic fatigue.
"We are taking steps to prevent the misuse of pesticides today, in order to protect the generations of tomorrow," Albany Mayor Robert Lieber said in a prepared statement regarding the resolution to oppose pesticide spraying.
Bay Area activists are reportedly working to pass similar resolutions with other local governments.
The light brown apple moth feeds on more than 250 agricultural crops and more than 2,000 different types of plants and trees, including cypress, redwoods and oaks, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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