L.A. Plea Fails; City Sprayed for Medflies Home Edition

Just before the helicopters lifted off shortly before 9 p.m., City Councilman Joel Wachs, who has led the city's charge against the state's spraying campaign, appeared at Van Nuys Airport to confront the state crews, who he said were in violation of an ordinance banning the use of airports...

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Published inThe Los Angeles times
Main Author Dunn, Ashley
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 13.07.1990
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Summary:Just before the helicopters lifted off shortly before 9 p.m., City Councilman Joel Wachs, who has led the city's charge against the state's spraying campaign, appeared at Van Nuys Airport to confront the state crews, who he said were in violation of an ordinance banning the use of airports within the city for malathion spraying. The helicopters, with state police officers standing by, took off despite Wachs' protests. [John Zebrowski] also ruled against the city on a last-minute complaint that aerial spraying was a nuisance that exposed the public to potentially hazardous chemicals. He said the level of contaminants in the spray mix was too small to outweigh the potential danger to the agricultural industry if the Medfly infestation is not stopped. The city's case was hurt this week when the private laboratory that conducted the city's testing revised its earlier findings by retracting its estimate for lead in the malathion mix. The laboratory also determined the malathion mix contained no hexavalent chromium-the only form of chromium regulated by Proposition 65.
ISSN:0458-3035