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OSPIRG TARGETS PESTICIDE USE O V I K G 1 1 o^qsug« for S oft lirinJUng M um uimi to p r u ltc t Oregon t groitnJ»\U rr Thirty >c*rx «gv tfit (xiNtcjaon <rf R cchcl Canon » kilrnr Spring I cxvmx I thf n * k » ' i lamcion an the poxuhic prodbrn* *itB pcrnodr t m Canon » Jrxn po ana o t a tpruigurye » h m no hi nil » ixtkj hr rrrufmng to nrct or cirg unxhed ¡hr hr art* and nurxli o t man« Ament ana Mom m i{*<um J«.Canon'i f i x * z iq s m l Kimciu» (x9icy makrn * x j .H u rra k> r r o a m jir thr rrrcl to tonunur uung to many p r w o d r t Since that time, nuznerocu ex ampto ha»e cairrged of p u N x hrafth and environment«! problem» dur to conunued use of p r« x x jr» Synchros prttcxle» u«e Kat in oreated U fold unee 1945. fiit crop kwaet Jur to pcxa ha»r rax hrrn nr .luted Sat«viwtdr more :han T T rail lam |x<cirxli of p rtix x ir i an ward ¡rt yea» A poll by the Amerxan I anti Bureau. the natxm 1 large« farm group, found that three fourth» of thr (X ifix hrliesr» lu m e n M more agn. uitural c h e m ta h than they should tSoNrm i asuxtated with rtc e r* pesticide tue include (•rn u n d w a trr ront a mi nation Drinking wairr m o u r tn . especially (round» ate» well«, an »ulneriNe id prttnide .omaminatton front teactung »ante A recent Environmental Proarc tarn Agency fFP A ) «ursey of conunii nity .Innking wairr »rlla fnuixl pr«i odes in 10 pervert of »ell» texted na lion wide In 1**S5 the < b eg in Department of Environmental Quality ( D E Q i trg ro a ttudy in targeted area» » h e re groundwater contamination front agn culturalcfim iKaitwouldhriikely Of.Q rttearth xierxified several problem az eas • in northern Malheur County de lections of nitrates from fertilizers arxl the pesticide datlhal wen found. • in Manon Couney detection» of pesticide» Rromcxil. tbnoseh and EDB »ere identified Additional texting in 1 '*< ) found pesticides in Umatilla. Bend and Hills, boro Spills and atvidenU Serious at cidents during transport or storage of tone them aals tan ixcur at any time In July 1991,«railroad car on Hsway to Washington overturned into the Sacra memo River in northern California, spilling 19J00 gallon» of the pesticide metam sodium The spill killed all fish in a 45 mile stretth of the riser arxl scientists predict that the nver » ill take up to 10 years to fully recover In March 1992. a fire at the Shen danGrainCompany tn Sheridan. Oregon ■ ■ i . eluding fungicides, hcrbtcidrs and tn- seiUtides A total of th homes in tie immediate area »ere evacuated The fire transported agricultural chemicals through smoke into the air and through runoff into the nearby Yamhill River W o rk e r and consum er rsposures Workers and others are es posed to pesticides during use or tn residues on food A recent study found that wotkers on farms that regularly use pesticide» had a greater number o f medical symptoms than workers on organic farm» An KPA study estimates that each year farmworkers suffer up to 100,000 acute illnesses and injuncs from exposure ui pesuetdes Consumers are also e »posed to pesticides through food residues Petti tides are left on produce and consumed when the produce neaten According lo a I990P1RG report.09pesuetdes linked to cancer are legally allowed on food, and 12 o f those pesticides are rax de le tta b le by the Food and Drug Administration'» routine monitoring method» E n viro nm ental d eg ra d a tio n Drift of pesticides away from intended targets, and persistence aixl btoaccu mutation o f pesticide* tn the environ mere, can alfcct wildlife and contami rule other natural resources It is cstt mated that 99 pen era of pesticides never reach the targeted pesu. hut irate *1 move into ecosystems contam mating land, water and air In the summer of 1991. massive fish hili» in louiuana were being in settigated lor links to ruiailt into stieams of the pest axle a/mphos methyl, used to anas k the sugar vane borer Llaeoflhe chemical was susprraled. after more than 750.000 fish had died in southern I out si ana Since 1971 the pestuide D IM has heen harmed for most uses in the L' S because D D T . and its breakdown product. D D E , causa] eggshell than rung tn birds near the top of the focxl chain, inc luding declines tn bald eagle Con* fn>r»] 1^ ii I he extreme right * m g group that »alls five If the Oregon l ittxenv Alliance tv P C B tlC IR F O R M A T IO « Improving asailaNe information afxx»t pc « o d e s is the first step to reduting prwicidr use By moruaTtng the ms ironment for pesta «de . .« a m i nanon and e«aNisfung a prxta ide use hard at w ork, i n tng to force its idea of t xtsitng laws w ill fve invalidated in c lu d in g O regon's Now the tH A wants to take rights Hate i tim es law tio n on the basts ot sexual o rien ta tion P ortland s to require d ix rtn tin a tio n against them l tstl Rights law w ill he trsersed II M e asu re d p a s s e s , it vs til he I he lit si tu n e in I S h is to ry th a t a c o n s tiiu tiu u h a s b e e n a m e n d e d to ta k e assay the tig h ts of its c itiz e n s Is th a t th e k in d ol m e s s a g e see w a n t t sing veaft tactics d istortions and hex thess« whipped up enough support for this shameful idea to get it on the N ’vemher hall.q as Ballot Measure 9 W ith help from Pat Robertsons r e li ( fteg tm to send-* gious broadcasting netw ork national lar • rig ht organisations and an infusion »'I Ol lot impc'stng their narrow m inded news bi In short, the A w ill d e trrm in e for you what to tell yo ur kids teachers librarians and a ll public servants w h o w o rk w ith kids w ou ld fie "reassigned or fired •i n.> n - ontt.ic ts with non diM nm inadon > hu> es on sexual o rie n ta tio n w o u ld be inva lid ated , federal ( of (age 6n»ve Stnunrl AttgttO Z. f99f contracts for M lfs services w o u ld f x jeopardized borne I'rrg o m a n s w ill lose their jobs and o thers mas lose their lives bee auv«- of the (.X A s radical agenda |o i\ mi i noi s.wns • o i lei SPONS1BII O ri goni \ \ s i igii i i \ g POR tfiat w ould d ra in i ’ regon s lax dollars at a tune we jirohlem v facing all ol us I c u tile tue al M tn ts tt ics ot t fi * gì in “l i the EX' ASk measure is approved, wc can be sure they w ill take lh e ir mind control movement to every public library in Oregon. ” Oregon M I c IO • Oreg n i hraty Oc, -, tu tv • O r e g i m Mt dit *1 o .n M SMt * • \ users of tot a chemicals that contami mo» ratti l’.u t v . >| Oregon lewtxh f ederatton ol Portland NAAI I • nate grourxlwater should contribute to cleanup and protec ta n of ground» t u t l-Oit Oregonian (PtiullrUm ) May 2«. PW2 d \svoc ta ird (.fregoli Industries W hy worry aiiolt a eringe group ? Oregon Public I m ployers I m o li PREVENT1MC P O t l i m O N 1 eshtan i o m m u n tii Project The most effective and inesprn five way » address pest aide pollution is to take a preventive approach Many techni,juei are available and are being employed to reduce the use of pesti cides, from promoting lower chemical inputs m u agriculture to bans on the use of certain synthetic chemicals Oregon sfxxikl etpand efforts to prormste alternatives to pesticides aixl to restrtcl use of the m i « Jangerous pesticides PcstKide users should pay for such a i-»Tigran) in the came w ay that • . an iiuk k on tr< c-.it<m -i should be u n itin g our resources to battle the real O regon . general fund, wtuch is made upof money from all taapayen. is used to cover the i ( o n stitu lton . it w ould pro voke co stly legal challenges HAI I -1 ri \z z\ ’ sjieech and other tights guaranteed undet the I S n . il ( .olds« hmtdl O re g o n \ \ om eri v P oliticai i atti us M ai lie sou th in k we don t have m uch to frat from a group w ith sueh a natrow agenda I h e i X A is small, but make no mistake, it means business People o l I aulì kgatrtst lligcHrv Righi to l'nc.1, y PA( » O ri gon NOW I he jieojile behind it are organized and passionate i.d Ri vjic'tivibilUv l'h s c u u n v lo r s<’ Ac a te tig h t organizations around the country • rhe t X A has already had successes in c lu d in g National \ssn o l Senta! W orkers (Oregon ( ha|Xrr i industnal tinics users currently pay for Otegon's Totics I'se Heduction pro gram Some agricultural techniques which reduce the adverse environmen lal impacts o f current prsefices are In trg ra lrd Pest Management 11 ’ M . PM | | I approach to («eventing and controlling weeds, disease, and insect prvts 1PM * goal is r*« to enalic ate msec is arx! weeds. but to keep thrra below the level at » h a h damaging economic costs occur t'nder this integrated approach, farm •l'.i i lac tic s and p o litic s o f d iv is io n have tatsed a lot of m onei from m ijiresstonahle people and lar l tban I cagne of Portland jijssage ol an anti gas measure tn S jin n g fie ld • I hey m otivated I W IkXf ( Iregontaiis to sign the in itia tive that p u l Measure 9 on the hullot MI ol O tv g iin s m ajor nrwspuiserk I (tev. and their c lours on th r teac nonary tig ht, bave rd tlo ria h d rd agallivi Meaxure '> see Otegon as a test case II their agenda and tactics N oi mie lu x supported it w o rk here thes II r x jio tt u to othet states other tssue.s I ocias th eir target is the gay and lesbian c o m m u nity But then goal is io lo n e th ru n a rro w . dtyiM vr c o n c e jito f t n use chemicals selectively and only when necessary, rather than aa the first arxl primary line of attack In Oregon state agencies are required lo use 1PM techniques to control peels O rg anic A griculture. Organic farming attrmpu to use no purchased fa m ily values on all Oregonians W b rib e r that fie a m atter of sexual o rien ta tion , a w om an s tig h t to < fimise ot personal p riv a iy We all fuse io ask kk ho is next on the ( X A s target list? I his nun h is c le a r (he I X A ts 11y mg io set itself up as the guatdtan of w hat we Oregonians may read, see, do and believe synthetic chemical inputs By taking adv artagr of naturally occurring hen eficul relalioathipi het ween pest arxl preduuv. arxl «aiuirung atxl enfurx mg natural lyurm s rather than reducing atxl sunpii fying hsologtcal M c n c tiora. the harmful effects of pesticide use are eliminated In I9tt9 the Oregon legislature sup^axicd organic farming by appnrv tng a law limiting thr use of the )af«l 'organic'' to a specific set of materials and practices used in grow mg This law protects consumers and creates a de fined market fix organa farmers I hey may very w ell succeed, unless rac It o l us join s the light against them I very O regonian has a stake tn the n u ll nine of this elec lio n [ “(T h H measure) prey» on ihe base fears o f c iliz r n t of this slate and is a fu n dam ental attack on the free exchange of medical and scientific inform ation." ___ hoard, pesticide use should he reduced In Sweden, the government established a goal o f reducing the total use of agri cultural pesucales by half m five years Total pesticides sales have dropped Oregon kfeiftotl A»»n. X jwemke» 19, I «At I Who says I m not under the special / “The OCA initiative promotes a climate of bigotry, hatred and intimidation.” h u m m ic a l M iniU rirc of Oregon I VfMemkrr ¿J, IW I I itewwrnMF in tu ì e« protection of God> Adolf Hitler I don t know w h y the religious never ascribe common sense to God Somerset Maugham Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person w ith a mean mind Walter Bagehot ( 1826 1877) Klrt£lM The only abnormality is the incapac ity to love Anais Nin T would speech on the subject w ill be banned Hom osexual “As a community, a* a Male, aa a iMlkm. and especially as a planet, wc have to learn io live with diversity." I nder the Oregon Ground water Protection .Aa. money from the state's tn M n tir ttiii F or m o rt tt/o m iilio * o r O S F /fK j'i ('urqaaiga fo r Soft [)nrJt tng W au r. contact Fam P tck at 2JI- 4 I&I in PiT ttonJ ( K — 12) jfx u tt homosexuality I sen in our u n ty rrs itie s , free on even one Pesticide use can lead to teraxis o n i ronroenul or fuibftc health tm pac tt Pesticide u<rs need to be responsible for the full costs of that use. uaiudtng cleanup* of ipiO i or non pwnt scairce problem» SOLUTIONS T 0 PESTICIDE PROHLEMS level is abnormal unnatural and petsrrse other states they ve made Oregon a target FASTER CU AM UPS O S P Iftli u a Jba/rwufe lobby wixtang to p r n tr tl c o ttju rie't a n j thr very to change then c u rrtcu la to teach that hom osexuality c ash co ntribu tion s Irom their friends in A number of stales require prsti .ide users ID rejxxi thr typr am.xrn» and kxatam of pesticide» used W ash mgion. California arxl T r sas are among the states requiring regular reporting by pesuetde m e n levels of DDE and other them aals that tontnbute to eggshell thinning has penalties for intimida awas Irom cine group of CTregcintans and make tt all legal rural < h rm xal users thcxiU be equally accostncaNe for the chemicals they ptk irtki the enxtnwwtietM dramatically, arxl further reductions are bring implemented ♦ w h ic h ’ hev want to amend o ut co nstitu tion to Pesticide use repnrttng it esten tial Butinrc«rt in Oregon are required to re|aw» their iralusinaJ .h rm i.a l use. us that thr re it (ahlic access si inform a non afxxit fssw much of » h a h chcmi cats go mao thr environment Agncul Pesticide I w Reduction. In cer lain ctrtumstances, the most dangerous pesticides ihould be harmed Across the II M'I’I NS M easure 9 passes . ue disc riin m u tio n on the basts ol sexual orientation And tt v not a prettv place tarn for groundwater impacts, since pewxsdrs can contaminate current or future d rin k in g w ater resource» Groundwater is sery esprnsise and difficult to clean up A gcxxl iBontttwmg program enaNet engineer» to oiwerse contamination and help* determine where to put limited c leanup rexouic es Oregon » GrourxJ water Protec taxi Act requires statewide grourxhvuer mom toeing, but no amhaem tta-nitonng pro gram ba» been funded costs of gnxiixlwiter protection from pesticide psHutam With demands on general funis increasing more tar get ted funding cfaxild be identified for tfx groundwater protretam programs The W h \l O ur slate co n s titu tio n w ill be amended to legal what Oregon should he on the rest of uv reporting system, we < an get a clearer pKkurrofcurrentprsticideuse and »ass to reduce that uar M -xuaxing it particularly unpor andperegnnr talent (Xfsulauora I .xlay the , urrent rrpnxluclam rate is still low Fggshrils continue to show tie sued O S U R G '» Sa/e Drtnking Water Campai gn promotes hetter Information, faste r c leanup». and fviliuoon prrveruun as thè moM effectlve way» to protect Ore gerì» matn dnnktng water «yurte — ground water NO i l l h l 5 H IM S llO t* ( j O 3 ) 4.1H U tili p.o. m i\ S it t juuutn Unit K. 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