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Prop 64 Will Stop Public from Protecting Against Pesticide Drift 

Lawsuits to force agricultural companies to follow public health and safety rules while spraying toxic chemicals in communities could not go forward if Prop 64 were law, said public health, consumer and community advocates in downtown Fresno today. The public also could not enforce a law passed this year requiring companies to pay for medical care when pesticide drift has caused emergency medical situations, if 64 were to pass, said the advocates. Fresno was the 4th stop on their 15-city "Public Health Tour."

A 15-foot-tall inflatable cigarette box with a "Public Health Warning: No On 64" is the backdrop as the grassroots Public Health Tour continues through 10 California cities in the weeks before the election. Among the largest donors to Proposition 64 are Phillip Morris, ExxonMobil and the auto industry. The tour will draw attention to the dangers of Prop 64 and an e-activist flash animation website -- http://www.NoOnProp64.com -- that animates the public interest cases Prop 64 would stop and that millions of people are expected to see before the election. The American Lung Association, California Nurses Association, California Public Health Association-North and Health Access are among the public health groups opposing Proposition 64.

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