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Stamping out the Apple Moth

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http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/quest/2008/03/2008-03-07-quest.mp3

A tiny moth, new to California, is at the center of a controversy pitting state officials against Bay Area residents and politicians. The Light Brown Apple Moth is seen as a threat to California crops. Now the State Department of Food and Agriculture is planning to spray a synthetic hormone over Bay Area neighborhoods this summer to stop the moth from reproducing, but some angry residents are worried it would be unsafe.

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