Town mayors reject ban on aerial spraying

 

Mayor Calida says Camocaan folk feel vindicated by rejection by peer reviews of DOH-funded health study in their sitio.
Mayor Maximo Estela of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte is opposed to a move to ban the practice of aerial spraying in banana plantation, claiming it is the only effective way of stopping the deadly sigatoka disease [...]

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DOH-COMMISSIONED STUDY ON AERIAL SPRAYING

 A 10-POINT REBUTTAL OF THE LIES PEDDLED AGAINST THE BANANA INDUSTRY
    1.  The study methodology is not clearly described in the report. 
    In particular the randomization method, sampling of environmental samples and methods of pesticide residue analysis, need to be clearly described in order for us to appreciate the results better.
 
    Statistical randomization must balance [...]

AERIAL SPRAY CRITICS STEP UP DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN

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Duque should look into irresponsible reporting on aerial spray
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should take time out from other pressing health concerns to look into how critics of aerial spraying in banana plantations are using underhanded tactics to misinform the public.
 
In Davao City, the center of information of banana-growing Davao Region, a [...]

PBGEA ON ALLEGED THREATS ON IDIS AND MAAS: Preposterous

The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) yesterday dismissed claims by elements of non-government organizations of getting death threats for campaigning against aerial spraying purportedly from goons hired by banana planters.
PBGEA is the umbrella group of export Cavendish banana growers which questioned a Davao City ordinance banning aerial spraying in the banana plantations.
Anti-aerial spraying [...]

Banana country Davao Region raring for showdown with banana industry foes

Catholics join fight vs. anti-aerial spray activists
 Anti-aerial spraying activists now making noise in Manila should visit the Davao Region where Catholics are up in arms against banning aerial spraying in banana plantations.
 
In Manila, the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) and the Mamamayang Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas) are on a road tour to drum up support [...]

Arguments against aerial spraying not validated

Businessmen want end to aerial spray debate
Defending use of aerial spraying of fungicides in banana plantations, Philippine business has called on government to undertake a thorough study to once and for all end debate on the alleged effect of the practice on people and the environment.
THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) made the [...]

DENR suspends aerial spraying in banana farms

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued a memorandum temporarily suspending aerial spraying of farm chemicals in plantations near communities throughout the country.
At the same time, DENR Secretary Jose Atienza in the August 14 memorandum directed the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to conduct a nationwide study on aerial spraying while suspension is [...]

PBGEA ASSURES SAFE FUNGICIDE

No Baygon in Davao bananas
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Baygon, the widely advertised insect repellent commonly used in households to kill mosquitoes, flies and cockroaches is not used in export Cavendish bananas.
The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) yesterday lamented that many people equate the word “pesticide” to insecticide and what immediately comes to mind when [...]

Findings vs. aerial spraying disputed

DOH nothing to do with aerial spray study
By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Department of Health in Region XI has disowned role in a recent study which recommended a stop to use of aerial spraying in Davao del Sur for its alleged effects on health of people in communities near banana plantations.
The study was presented in Davao [...]

NGO hit for “fake” aerial spray victims

IDIS denies rap
The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) scored the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) for marshalling people from a Davao City’s farflung district to drum up support for a public presentation on the banning of aerial spraying in banana plantations.
PBGEA, the Davao City-based umbrella of banana growers and exporters in Southern Mindanao, said IDIS “lured” the [...]