Is anyone concerned about the aerial spraying of pesticides to the avocado orchards at Strada Orchard Hills? The houses are only a few hundred feet away from the actual avocado trees. I have two children including a 1 year old baby and am concerned about pesticide exposure to my growing children, particularly if this is from aerial spraying. As has been mentioned in several posts, the disclosures at Strada Orchard Hills explicitly state that there may be the use of "ground or aerial application" of fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. If so, does this mean by helicopter? Will these pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers get into the pool, playground, water sources, or even the houses via wind drift or via tracking in of contaminated soil? As mentioned, my biggest concern is for my children and how it may affect their development from constant exposure to these toxins inside and outside the house. Can someone shed light on this?
Concerns re: Aerial spraying of pesticide and exposure at Strada Orchard Hills
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fishfinder333
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I would be concerned. The wind will carry the pesticides from aerial spraying. Its just not worth the risk.
TRNeighbor.com
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The industrial world we live in is full of inherent dangers, and this is no exception. You have to ask yourself, what is the alternative? Move to another location where you most likely will assume another (maybe unknown) health risk?
Disease causing processed foods, carbon monoxide pollution from public roads, electromagnetic radio waves from power lines (thank you Better Call Saul), mercury or formaldehyde etc in our electronics and home goods are also inherent dangers that we accept. Unless you are Amish, chances are there is always going to be something to worry about when living in an industrialized world. But most of us feel if it means a better quality of life, then we'll take our chances!
Disease causing processed foods, carbon monoxide pollution from public roads, electromagnetic radio waves from power lines (thank you Better Call Saul), mercury or formaldehyde etc in our electronics and home goods are also inherent dangers that we accept. Unless you are Amish, chances are there is always going to be something to worry about when living in an industrialized world. But most of us feel if it means a better quality of life, then we'll take our chances!
qwerty
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gasman said:qwerty said:All of irvine has issues , you are always next to one of the following:
- Asians
'Dem be fightin' words! >
i forgot to say that i was speaking on behalf of white people, that statement referring to asians does not reflect my personal views regarding asians, especially asian women. especially when they look like this
Is that a pic of your wife? Jkjkqwerty said:gasman said:qwerty said:All of irvine has issues , you are always next to one of the following:
- Asians
'Dem be fightin' words! >
i forgot to say that i was speaking on behalf of white people, that statement referring to asians does not reflect my personal views regarding asians, especially asian women. especially when they look like this
ocwannabe said:
Hi OCWannabe, This has been discussed extensively a few months back on TI -- Would suggest to read below thread. Also I personally had checked with the Rangers who work in the adjoining wildlife area / Orchards and the Ranger mentioned that they have never done any aerial spraying in Orchard hills and I would highly doubt it that the Irvine company would ever do aerial spraying in the future considering the new residential developments coming up in Orchard hills.
Topic: Strada @ orchard hills vs. Arcadia @ stonegate:http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php/topic,12737.msg252672.html#msg252672
regardless of it being aerial or even just ground pesticides, you should be somewhat concerned due to proximity. I think what most people fail to look at is the long term consequences of all these pesticides. We look at the short term and think nothing obvious has happened, but many harmful things like pesticides, radiation, toxins can have a cumulative effects years later.
@gasman are you an anesthesiologist? if not where do you get your name? LOL
@gasman are you an anesthesiologist? if not where do you get your name? LOL
thelandofnoland
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Please contact me athttp://thenewhomeblog.wix.com/the-new-home-blogfor more information on the original post. Thank you.
timandjess
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Thought below information might be useful for people concerned about pesticides in the ground (found it on google). This link / map
show the different levels in Irvine -- looks like all communities have exposure, but varying from 100lbs
to 751,000 lbs. According to the map, looks like Cypress Village has the most (in Red)
Do you live in one of California's pesticide hotspots?
http://apps.cironline.org/pesticides/?zoom=6&latitude=37&longitude=-119.5&layer=fumigants&action=area
show the different levels in Irvine -- looks like all communities have exposure, but varying from 100lbs
to 751,000 lbs. According to the map, looks like Cypress Village has the most (in Red)
Do you live in one of California's pesticide hotspots?
http://apps.cironline.org/pesticides/?zoom=6&latitude=37&longitude=-119.5&layer=fumigants&action=area
