AERIAL SPRAYING IS BEGINNING TODAY IN BROKENHEAD BY D.E.C.C.

 

Hello all,

AERIAL SPRAYING IN THE BROKEN HEAD RESERVE BY D.E.C.C. (Department of Environmental and Climate Change) WILL BEGIN TODAY

“NO COUNCIL CONTROLLED AREAS ARE BEING AERIAL SPRAYED”

 

It is a sad day today, perfect conditions for aerial spraying unfortunately.  I have had a number of calls from people who have been asked to leave the reserve and they have also said all roads in the spraying zone are closed etc.

 

A lot of people are not aware that we were successful in achieving a halt to aerial spraying in Council managed areas but DECC are a State government body who we haven’t been successful in stopping.  THEY WILL BE SPRAYING TODAY. 

 

The council managed areas WILL NOT BE SPRAYED and this area is from the Brunswick River north to South Golden Beach.  We will be hand harvesting this bitou with our list of 87 volunteers.  A prgramme is being organised with Council and Land Care groups.  This year we did our magic to save the millions of wild life and humans in this area, next year maybe we will be able to show DECC we can do this and they will not spray their areas which are extensive and cover up to 22Ha of parks and coastal regions..

 

Some points to help for those who live in the Broken Head area are:

 

• If you live near the spray zone lay out lots of alfoil, ordinary kitchen alfoil to catch any over spray.  Gather it up carefully and put it in the freezer.  It can be sent for testing and documenting.  If you can prove your garden or your home has been sprayed we can engage a solicitor to fight our case.  You will know if you have been hit by an over spray in that your garden will after a few days go completely yellow.  You yourself will get very sore eyes, one of the first symptoms of exposure.

 

• Close all your windows, garages etc.

 

• Fill out the inner page of the booklet produced by “National Toxics Network Inc”. infor@ntn.org.au with any incidents or symptoms you may experience after the spraying has occurred.

 

• Please call any of your friends who may live in this area.  Forward this email or advise them about the booklet produced by National Toxics Network.

 

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Regards,

Rose

 

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