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Pro-Spray Woodlot Owners Liable
Press Release....For Immediate Release....May 21, 1998
The Green Web, Saltsprings, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
The Green Web has placed an advertisement in two Pictou
County newspapers to highlight the personal liability of
woodlot owners who have signed-up for the tussock moth
aerial forest spraying program.
A reported 600 woodlot owners have signed-up for the aerial
tussock moth forest spraying program using Btk (Foray 48B).
These owners have, out of ignorance or wilful blindness not
only disregarded the known public health and environmental
risks associated with this particular spraying program, but
have not considered their own personal liability. Woodlot
owners are clearly liable, according to the Application Form
they have signed to be part of this spraying program, should
the province be sued.
Paragraph 8 of the Application Form is summarized as follows:
Should the province be sued, or have any claims made
against it, as a result of the program, the landowner
will be responsible for any costs to the province arising
from such claims.
The following is the newspaper advertisement:
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+ Warning +
+ Woodlot Owners: You are Liable +
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+ Woodlot owners who signed the aerial tussock moth +
+ spraying "Application Form" have put themselves at +
+ considerable risk of liability, according to paragraph +
+ 8 of the Form, should the Province be sued. +
+ +
+ It was ruled in BC in April of this year that Btk +
+ (Foray 48B) aerial spraying "will create an +
+ unacceptable risk of health problems" and "poses an +
+ unreasonable adverse effect to the environment." +
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+ For further information, contact: David Orton +
+ (925-2514) or Bernadette Romanowsky (351-2826). +
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David Orton is the coordinator of the Green Web and
Bernadette Romanowsky is a Pictou county lawyer, with a
particular interest in environmental matters.
We need respectful use of our forests, for other species
and future generations.
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