Fruit fly quarantine shocks California agriculture
Five southern states widened a quarantine on Calif ornia fruit to halt the Medfly invasion. Beginning Monday all fruit likely carrying the Medfly must be fumigated before sale, jolting California’s $14 billion farm sector as harvest starts. Leroy Giannini of Giannini Packing calls it a tragedy.
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Five Southern States Order California Fruit Fumigated
Five southern states Alabama Florida Mississippi South Carolina and Texas require California fruit to be fumigated with a specified density of fruit fly test traps to prove purity before acceptance. Aerial malathion spraying continues in a 140 square mile zone as officials seek to complete phase one and document expanded quarantine terms amid a looming trap shortage. Central Valley growers rush to build fumigation chambers to handle the harvest while states push for rapid compliance.
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Restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1 urged by NRC panel
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisory panel recommended restarting the undamaged Three Mile Island Unit 1 this year. In a June 14 letter to NRC Chairman Nunzio Palladino, panel chairman J. Carson Mark said it could be done with an action plan and staff review, stating restart could be operated without undue risk to public health and safety. The NRC had previously closed TMI 1 after the 1979 accident and had refused a restart.
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Breast feeding deemed sacred right by appeals court
A federal appeals court ruled that a kindergarten teacher may breast feed during duty free lunch periods as a constitutional right. Judge John C. Godbold described it as an elemental form of parental care and a sacred mother child communion. The 5th Circuit reversed a lower court on Janice Dike's complaint against Orange County Florida schools.
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