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Aerial Spraying Of Pesticides In Santa Cruz Sends Protests Sky High
"We got a lot done in Santa Cruz," says Nancy Lungren, a spokeswoman for the Department of Food and Agriculture. The three-year program to control the moth is just in its infancy.
"Judging from our progress, Friday will likely be the last night," says Lungren adding that some more sprayings are needed in Salinas and Prunedale.
Last Thursday and Friday, concerned officials took advantage of the clear weather to spray a controversial pesticide over coastal areas between Santa Cruz, Aptos, Scotts Valley and Monterey County.
In addition to the displeasure over the pesticide used, residents protested the decibel attack by the flying planes. "It felt like World War II or something," says Hilary Hultzen, who is staying in a truck trailer outside her brothers home on Santa Cruz's Westside.
"We're all a little freaked out," she adds.
The white, two-engine planes made take-offs from the Salinas airport to Santa Cruz County, spraying at heights of 500 feet and above. According to state officials, release of the pesticide over the ocean and other waterways, was avoided.
Use of the pesticide has already sparked at least three lawsuits. State officials reported 663 calls Thursday night to its safety hotline. "Not all were hate calls," recalls Lungren. "They were more about wanting information, but we got plenty of hate calls."
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