Public Spaces
Right of Ways are not public spaces. Go to the "What You Can Do" page or our blog to find out about the NSTAR plan to spray along their electrical right of way. They have already sprayed on part of the Cape, and will do the entire Cape at some point. Act Now!
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Overkill: Why Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus May Cause More Harm Than Good.
A 2001 Report by Toxics Action Center and Maine Environmental Policy Institute, the report is available on either website. There is a 2003 update from California.
www.meepi.org/ Maine Environmental Policy Institute
www.toxicsaction.org/ Toxics Action Center
Of Special Note:
Rachel Carson's Birthday is May 27, and the Rachel Carson Council needs you to get your town or school to sign the proclamation for a pesticide free day on May 27. Then make them publicize it like they mean it!
http://www.rachelcarsoncouncil.org/index.php?page=help-promote-rachel-carson-day
Click here to read and download a sample pesticide free spaces proclamation. Have your town officials sign it and send it to the Rachel Carson Council.