Where
70 West Hedding St.,
San Jose on the sidewalk in front of the County Government Center.
They’re doing it again!
Vector Control has been actively fogging (spraying) all summer, poisoning the environment, animals, and humans!
Maybe they think they can get away with it because there is so much else going on. It is time to protest once again to send a clear message to Vector Control to stop spraying us!
But we haven’t gone away. It’s time to let our voices be heard again by protesting to send a clear message to Vector Control that they must stop this weapon of mass destruction.
We will be demonstrating in front of the Board of Supervisors office building, the responsible body for this continuing mass poisoning. We’ve done this many times in the past and they noticed and drew back.
In the meantime, please join us and voice your concerns at the next Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, August 16 at 9:30 AM. Public comments can be made during the teleconference meeting. Please go to link and scroll to the August 16 meeting:
http://sccgov.iqm2.com/citizens/default.aspx?
Feel free to send an email to voice your concerns to the Board of Supervisors at: BoardOperations@cob.sccgov.org by Thursday, August 11.
Parking: The place to park for more than one hour is the multi-level parking structure opposite the main jail on Hedding. It may cost roughly $5.00. There are a few metered parking spaces allowing 2-hour parking along Hedding Street, North San Pedro Street, and further south on West Mission, but these spaces are often filled at mid-day. Bring quarters just in case one of these spaces is available as they are much less expensive. The free visitor’s parking lot on the west side of the County Government Center strictly allows only one-hour parking and is patrolled frequently. Don’t park for more than one hour in that lot and don’t try to just move your car.
We will have Healthy Alternatives To Pesticides (HAP) signs for you or you are welcome to bring your own.
Vector Control can no longer ignore the California Environmental Quality Act.
It is NOT reasonable to fog with poison 4.1 square MILES each time there is a single positive find of a mosquito.
Vector Control can no longer use the excuse that they are killing mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. They have failed to show even a consistent two-day mosquito reduction. Furthermore, Vector Control has not even studied the environment to understand that they are killing the very predators that control mosquitoes and their larva.
There is evidence that there is a correlation between the pesticides that Vector Control uses and countless dead bees, butterflies, birds, frogs, mosquito eaters, dragonflies, damselflies, and other primary predators of mosquitoes.
Vector Control claims the pesticides they use are safe for bees, yet bees were found dead the day after fogging (spraying). According to Columbia Food Labs, the results showed the dead bees contained Zenivex E4.
The pesticide Zenivex E4 (active chemical etofenprox), stated in Santa Clara County water permit, has a 4.1 day soil half-life. Yet, Columbia University found the pesticide Zenivex E4 actually has more than a year of soil half-life. In other words, the pesticide does not dissipate after days, but instead it takes years to vanish.
These pesticides are toxic to humans, impacting all body systems, especially hormonal systems, gut flora, and the brain. Pesticide exposures, including pesticides that have been used by Vector Control, are associated with respiratory illnesses and cancer. Many people have complained of becoming sick after fogging (spraying) to Vector Control, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and to Healthy Alternatives To Pesticides.
One of Vector Control’s pesticides, Zenivex E4 content is 96% not disclosed (trade secret). Not even Vector Control, the agency using it, or the Board of Supervisors, knows what is in the 96%. Pesticide formulas are not required by the EPA to be tested, only the active ingredient. Thus, this mass pesticide fogging (spraying) is a huge uncontrolled experiment with basically unknown ingredients with no researchers on the job. No one can say it is safe or effective because no one knows all the ingredients.
★ Zenivex E4 Was Withdrawn By The Manufacturer in the state of New York★
The state of New York received notification from the manufacturer Wellmark International to withdraw their application for Zenivex E4 (the same pesticide they are spraying here in our state) because they were unable to prove that it was safe. Documents obtained by New York Health Department state, “However, the ecological technical review resulted in unmitigated concerns with respect to data gaps and risks to aquatic species.”
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Our previous protest on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 protest made the news!
Read the Channel 7 ABC News story or Scott Herhold’s San Jose Mercury column.
(Channel 7’s coverage begins after a 12 second ad on the video below.)
Toxic Pesticide Fogging In Santa Clara County 9/29/15
