14 Metropolitan Transportation Authority drivers are pursuing workers' comp claims, and 110 have signed a petition to halt the agency's spraying of the vehicles.
Riders board a Metro Rapid bus. Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses are sprayed quarterly for pests,but severe infestations can require additional applications. (Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times / June 17, 2013) |
Ogunquit won’t outlaw pesticides on private property
The measure was defeated by only 10 votes on Tuesday, 183-173
Written by Randy Billings, Staff Writer
Gabe Souza/Staff PhotographerThe gardens and pools at Meadowmere Resort in Ogunquit, seen Friday, June 7, 2013, are environmentally friendly. Residents on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 narrowly defeated a proposal to make the community the first in the state to ban the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides on private property.
Erin Brockvich — who was famously immortalized by Julia Roberts in the movie about her life — was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday for allegedly operating her boat while under the influence … TMZ has learned.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife tells TMZ one of their game wardens observed Brockovich (now Brockovich-Ellis following her marriage in 1999) struggling to dock her boat at Lake Mead, just outside Boulder City.
When the warden attempted to offer assistance, he noticed she "exhibited several signs of an intoxicated boater." The cop conducted an investigation and subsequently arrested Brockovich for OUI (operating under the influence).
June 07, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Washington Agriculture Department Director Bud Hover told Thurston County commissioners in a letter Thursday there’s no evidence of significant harm to honeybee colony health in Washington from the bug killers known as neonicotinoid pesticides. The Associated Press
YAKIMA — The state Agriculture Department declined a request to restrict a class of backyard pesticides suspected of killing honeybees.
There’s no documented evidence the use of neonicotinoid pesticides is a significant contributor to the decline of bee colonies in Washington, department Director Bud Hover told Thurston County commissioners Thursday in a letter. The commission had requested restrictions on behalf of beekeepers.
“The proposed use restrictions are not appropriate at this time,” Hover wrote.
The pesticides commonly called neonics are used to kill aphids and other insects on ornamental plants. They also are used on some crops, The Yakima Herald-Republic reported Friday.