posted 01-08-2002 10:42 PM            

http://www.nospray.org/

The main chemical used in 1999, Malathion (Fyfanon ULV), is described by the NYC Mayor's Chem-Bio Handbook -- the City's official guide to handling chemical and biological emergencies which is distributed to every police precinct, ambulance and fire truck -- as a toxic nerve gas directly related to those used by the Nazis in WWII. Anvil (Sumithrin + Piperonyl Butoxide + Petroleum-related byproducts), the synthetic pyrethroid nerve gas sprayed from trucks in 2000, is known to cause asthma, disruption of sexual hormones and various other health disorders, and has been linked to breast cancer in women and diminished sperm counts in men.

During 1999 and 2000 NY State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer repeatedly warned the Mayor that it was illegal for any company to describe these toxic pesticides as "safe." The AG admonished Mayor Giuliani, as well as spokespeople for the Department of Health and other officials, to stop making such false claims. Giuliani has repeatedly ignored those reprovals. "There's absolutely no danger to anyone from this spraying... There are some people who are engaged in the business of wanting to frighten people out of their minds," he said. Newsday, 9/14/99) The Mayor continues to portray those of us concerned with the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide spraying as "environmental terrorists" who "like to get you angry because it gets them on television."

Boy, do we have some news for these people!!


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