Officials suspend Calif. aerial spraying program

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This undated file photo provided by the California Department of Food and Agriculture shows a light brown apple moth. Secretary of Food and Agriculture A.G. Kawamura announced Thursday June 19 2008 that the state had abandoned all plans to send up p ...
This undated file photo provided by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows a light brown apple moth. Secretary of Food and Agriculture A.G. Kawamura announced Thursday, June 19, 2008, that the state had abandoned all plans to send up pesticide-spraying planes to fight the crop-eating moth in cities, including those in the densely populated San Francisco Bay area, which was scheduled for treatment this fall. (AP Photo/California Department of Food and Agriculture, File)

(AP) -- Officials on Thursday abruptly canceled a state program to spray chemicals to combat crop-eating moth in urban areas after months of public uproar over its unclear effects on the environment and human health.


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