Viewpoints
Aerial spraying is not the
right thing to do
by Rick Grams
March 15, 2005
Tuesday
It looks like we have a fundamental
belief and agreement that aerial spraying is not the right thing
to do here in Southeast Alaska (or anywhere else). An elementary
school child (5th grade science) can connect the dots from spraying
poison in the sky to setting into the ground. Add the high
amount of rain which makes this land so beautiful and that poison
runs into out streams, lakes, and oceans.
We already have enough challenges
keeping our waters clean from cruise ships and countless other
polluters in society. Why do we need to accept this from
any state government? Remember, the state government is
supposed to work for us - the taxpayer - and we have to
hold them to that fact.
The following comes from the
SEACC web site. Please go to this web site
and read up on the information. I was shocked to see the
facts. After reading the facts, I was further disgusted
at the timing and the irrational judgment of the proposed aerial
spraying action.
Send comments by June 21 to:
E-mail: Rosemarie_Lombardi@dec.state.ak.us
(Subject: Klukwan Aerial Permit)
Phone: (907) 376-1866 or 1-800-478-2577
Fax: (907) 376-2382
Mail: DEC Division of Environmental
Health; 1700 E. Bogard Road, Building B, Suite 202; Wasilla,
AK 99654
Please send a copy of your
signed letter to SEACC. Fax: (907) 463-3312
And if you need a precedent,
please refer to this web link where the Honorable Senator
Kissel of the 7th District in Connecticut (Chair of the Committee
on Environment) proposed bill No. 918 which specifically requests
"AN ACT CONCERNING AERIAL
SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 441 of the general
statutes be amended to prohibit the aerial spraying of pesticides
in residential areas.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect public health by
prohibiting the aerial spraying of pesticides in residential
areas."
Southeast Alaska - We
do not have to be the guinea pigs. Make your voice heard!
Rick Grams
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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