The Pitchfork Rebellion
Needs Your Help Now!
Do these two things to protect not only forest streams,
but also your own bloodstream from chemical poisons!
1. Mail the coupon below to the Department of Environmental
Quality and tell them that their plan to keep poison out of
our water and our bodies does not go far enough!
Public Comment period ends February 18.
2. The DEQ is holding a public meeting in Eugene to explain
their plan and hear our views. Attend that meeting and
demand “NO PESTICIDES IN OUR STREAMS OR
BLOODSTREAMS!”
Where: DEQ Eugene office, 165 E. 7th, Suite 100
When: Wednesday, February 2, at 9 am
Not surprisingly, Big Timber and Big Pesticide have unleashed the hounds
of hell to try and defeat this DEQ plan, and, unfortunately, these industry
lobbyists succeeded in stopping the DEQ from including most forest pesti-
cides that, via runoff, can get into our drinking water, as well as into our own
blood, tissues and organs. The DEQ plan is a baby step in the right direction.
We applaud it even as we lead the charge far beyond it! We want the right
of advance consent before corporate chemicals can enter our bloodstream!
And advance refusal! And legal consequences for those who violate our
inalienable right to control what enters our personal bloodstream!
Mail Coupon below to:
DEQ/WQD Andrea Matzke, 811 SW 6th Ave Portland OR 97204
Dear DEQ, this is my public comment on your plan to get poison chemicals out of waterways and fish. I support your
effort – especially giving priority to the Clean Water Act over the Forest Practices Act – but want you to take the
following additional steps:
1) Use your authority for safe drinking water and poison-free fish to keep all forest herbicides entirely out of
our streams and bloodstreams, not just the few chemicals in your current plan.
2) As an agency acting in the public interest, adopt a strong ‘Precautionary Principle’ in regard to pesticides
and encourage the State of Oregon to follow your lead.
3) Since current FPA riparian zones have not kept herbicides out of forest streams, do all in your power to see
that those zones are widened, especially in regard to aerial sprays.
4) Emulate the testing done by EWEB that features POCIS one-month duration test strips.
My Name and Address:
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36 JANUARY 27, 2011
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