Category: Toxins
The facts about chemicals, pesticides, and clean water.
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Pesticides and Harmful Side Effects
Your Right To Opt Out When my family and I moved to Emmett, Idaho, we were chasing our dream of homesteading and growing our own organic food. The quaint, country town seemed like the perfect escape from city life. However, we soon discovered that Gem County has a Mosquito Abatement District, something we hadn’t known…
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Steps Forward: Holding Cloud Seeding Accountable
Part 4: Steps Forward: Holding Cloud Seeding Accountable Demanding Notification and Transparency The current cloud seeding program in Idaho potentially infringes on private property rights, yet residents are not provided the option to opt-out or even notified before spraying occurs. It’s high time for Idaho to adopt responsible measures seen in other states, such as…
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Unveiling the Chemicals: Transparency Concerns in Idaho’s Cloud Seeding Program
Part 3: Proceeding with Caution in Weather Modification Experimental Approaches Raise Concerns Idaho Power has been cloud seeding since 2003. It now operates 57 remote ground generators in the Payette, Boise, Wood River and upper Snake River pumping a variety of chemicals into the skies to ‘increase precipitation’. Our state budget has 7 million ear…
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Idaho Cloud Seeding Raises Flood Concerns
BOISE, Idaho — As cloud seeding programs continue to be implemented across the western United States, concerns are growing over the potential risks and unintended consequences, including the risk of flooding and environmental damage. With an annual budget of $7 million, the Idaho Power Company’s cloud seeding program, along with the oversight from the Idaho…
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Oppose H653 Do Not Protect Profit Over People
If enacted, this H653 would absolve pesticide manufacturers of any accountability for harm caused by their products, regardless of the evidence of harm. Just two weeks ago, this crucial bill was defeated by a full Senate vote. Yet now, it resurfaces under a different number. Why the sleight of hand? To shield manufacturers from the…
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Oppose Senate Bill 1245 and Hold Pesticide Manufacturers Accountable
This bill aims to provide sweeping legal immunity to pesticide manufacturers. This bill, if passed, would shield pesticide manufacturers from legal accountability for any harm caused by their products, even in cases where individuals can prove direct harm from pesticide exposure. We firmly believe that this bill undermines public health. THIS BILL WAS DEFEATED BY…
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Idaho Cloud Seeding on Trial
Part 1: Liability Release Analysis Why were cloud seeding operators given special liability protections in 2021? HB 266 states, “The act of cloud seeding pursuant to a project funded in whole or in part by the state of Idaho or authorized by the state water resource board shall not be the basis of any claim…
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Cloud Seeding One Big Dangerous Experiment
Cloud seeding is a weather modification scheme that has been around for years. Many water resources departments refused to advertise the program until legislation was passed, giving them authority over the operation and special liability protections. Locally, these protections cover Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) as well as the state contracted private company/s spraying…
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Weather Modification in Idaho
Idaho’s Cloud Seeding and Weather Modification: Addressing Concerns and Seeking Transparency Watch this video of Miste Karlfeldt discussing the Idaho Water Resource Board and Cloud Seeding in Idaho with Dr. Daniel Bobinski of True Idaho News In Idaho, cloud seeding and weather modification programs have raised legitimate concerns among residents who question whether we are…
