[HCCN] Fwd: Register to be informed of pesticide aerial spraying in your area-by June 15th

[Judith Robbins]

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> From: corresponding signal <correspondingsignal at hotmail.com>
> Date: June 11, 2010 11:34:19 AM EDT
> To: corresponding signal <correspondingsignal at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Register to be informed of pesticide aerial spraying in  
> your area-by June 15th
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>   Click on link below to register  ~ cheers, Meredith DeFrancesco
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:26:40 -0700
> From: bobjonesinnz at yahoo.com
> Subject: Urgent action re pesticides
> To: bobjonesinnz at yahoo.com
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> Aerial Pesticide Notification
> SIGN UP BY JUNE 15TH!
> From Bob Le Vine
> A revised law signed by the governor on April 1 entitles anyone  
> whose property is located within ¼ mile of blueberry land sprayed  
> with pesticides from the air to be notified the day before by the  
> sprayer. For many local residents, this will be the wild blueberry  
> growers GM Allen, Allen’s Blueberries (a different company), and  
> Merrill, who have engaged in spraying pesticides by helicopter for  
> many years. The Maine Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) recommends  
> that on spray days, usually early in the morning, you stay indoors,  
> close the windows, keep your children and pets indoors, and avoid  
> hanging clothes on the line while pesticides are being sprayed.
> Although growers are only required to notify those within a quarter  
> mile of the spraying, anyone can register, and you will probably be  
> notified of any spraying anywhere near you. You will likely receive  
> notifications even if you are just in the same zip code as the  
> spraying, because it’s easier for the growers to make up their  
> lists that way. And your registering will help make it clear that  
> many of us are concerned about safety issues.
> To be notified you must sign up on the registry by June 15:
> l . Through the BPC web site, which provides a quick electronic  
> registration: http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/pesticides/laws/ 
> online-registry.htm
> 2     or by calling them at (207) 287-2731.
> If you live or work within 500 feet of fields where there is aerial  
> spraying, you can also call or email the sprayer themselves to  
> request notification:
> GM Allen: 469-7060; allengmblue at gmail.com
> Allen’s Blueberries: 667-5561; allensblue at acadia.net
>      Merrill: 667-9750 or 667-2541;  
> merrblue at merrillwildblueberries.com
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> Note from Bob Jones
> I urge you to take advantage of this notification process if you  
> live anywhere close to a blueberry field. I learned about the  
> dangers of blueberry spraying the  hard way. Eight years ago I was  
> caught in pesticide drift from a field a half mile from where I  
> live and I developed chemical sensitivity as a result. There are  
> approximately 200,000 deaths per year globally due to pesticide  
> poisoning. Each year many local folks and their children and pets  
> get sprayed and get sick. Pesticides are known carcinogens and also  
> kill all beneficial insects like bees and butterflies plus some  
> birds. It is very nasty stuff. So take precaution.
> Please spread to word. Forward this message to friends and neighbors.
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