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Grandmother: Aerial spraying ruined my life

The first time Sally Lewis spotted planes spraying for painted apple moths she stood awestruck by the impromptu air show above her home."We were told the spray was entirely safe so I just stood there watching the planes. It felt like soft rain landing on my skin, as harmless as that."But within half an hour Mrs Lewis, now 62, of Kelston, was gasping for air and rushed to a doctor. .

Sally Lewis and her grandchild, Ana Ata. Photo / Kenny Rodger

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-“the spraying has already caused serious damage to people, to crops, to animals, and to the natural environment on the Ecuadorian side of the frontier, and poses a grave risk of further damage over time”.

-“Ecuador's population in the northem boundary areas has reported serious adverse health reactions including buming, itching eyes, skin sores, intestinal bleeding and even death.”

- “there has also been serious and wide-spread damage to non- target plant species, including key local crops such as yucca, plantains, rice, coffee, hay and others. The consequences of the crop damage have been serious in the context of the subsistence farming needs of the local population.”

Ecuador case against Colombia on aerial spraying of toxic herbicides filed at the International Court Of Justice

March 2008

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