CheckMate Product Label

Last year, areas along the Central Coast were sprayed with CheckMate LBAM-F and CheckMate ORL-F. The State plans on using a reformulated (but yet undisclosed) version of this spray on us this summer. Download the full PDF of the CheckMate LBAM-F product label (or right-click on the image below):



From the manufacturer's material safety data sheet (PDF):

"Long-term studies on the active ingredients have not been done, however, no adverse effects expected...Do not allow product to contaminate water sources, food or feed."

Let's be realistic about these chemicals, shall we?

• The chemical is a known irritant, according to its own MSDS.
• There are multiple formulations of this brand name registered as a pesticide with the EPA.
• Some of the "inert" ingredients in the already-sprayed formulations may cause genetic mutations, cancer, and may effect the central nervous system (see: multiple MSDS for the inert ingredients)
  

This isn't some harmless "moth perfume" they want to spray. By the State's own admission, no one really knows exactly what this might do to our individual health, to our drinking water, or to our food supply. Before this stuff is dumped on our heads, shouldn't there be some long-term studies?