Malathion Spraying for Citrus Goes With the Southland Turf

My family’s and my opposition to the aerial spraying of malathion on our home is based on a reality that we live with each day.

My mother and I have been diagnosed as chemically hypersensitive, and I have been hospitalized for it. If our home was sprayed, my mother and I would lose our home in Orange of over 30 years. My mother would also lose her job as a professional in the same city. This would be devastating to us. The prospects of relocating our home and career position because of environmental restrictions make this task extremely difficult.

I know of others with the same immune-system disorder, and one friend, a former resident of Garden Grove, has just lost her home to the spraying. I understand the threat to agriculture, but I can’t help but think that if placed in the same position as ours, those responsible would be able to find other equally effective and creative alternatives to control the Medfly.

MARY KIM KEMPF

Orange