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by Robert Lederman

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June 29, 2001

Rudy Giuliani and the NYPD pesticide spraying memo

Here's an optical character transcription from an actual NYPD internal memo I recently obtained that was issued to all precincts on 5/16/2001. Note that it orders police to stay at least 25 feet from spray trucks to avoid poisoning, advises them to wash their skin with large amounts of water in the event they are sprayed etc.

This memo is interesting in light of the dissimilar precautions taken with police, spray workers and civilians in Harlem and elsewhere in NYC last year and with the Mayor's repeated assurances that the spray is "completely safe". Many New Yorkers were directly sprayed and we were all repeatedly and deliberately disinformed by the Mayor and the Dept of Health. For many more articles and documents exposing the city's West Nile Virus program see:

NYPD OPERATIONS ORDER
ADULT MOSQUITO CONTROL TRUCK ESCORT
05-16-01 Operations order # 33

The New York City Department of Health may be performing strategic ground-based mosquito control to reduce the size of the adult mosquito population that is associated with the West Nile Virus or a similar threat to the public's health. In order to assist the Health Department in carrying out focused pesticide spraying; uniformed members of the service may be assigned to escort trucks from that agency or an applicator under contract to that agency while pesticides are being sprayed, or perform foot patrol duties in the vicinity.

2. For the guidance of all uniformed members of the service who may be assigned to spraying operations, the following procedure is established.

a. All uniformed members assigned to escort the pesticide spraying trucks or to foot patrol duties in the vicinity, will have their names recorded in the Command Log concerned.

b. The detail supervisor or patrol supervisor concerned will notify the Medical Division Sick Desk for assignment of an Exposure Number.

c. The following precautions should be strictly adhered to:

(1) Assigned Department vehicle(s) shall ONLY lead spray trucks(s) through designated routes and make announcements as needed. Under no circumstances shall any Department escort vehicles follow spray truck(s).

(2) Do not open the vehicle windows during spraying.

(3). Set the air conditioning vents to re-circulation mode during spraying.

(4) Avoid contact (skin, eyes or clothing) with the spray.

d. In the event that uniformed members on foot patrol are assigned to the location where Department of Health personnel will perform spraying; maintain a safe distance of approximately twenty-five (25) feet Born passing spray trucks to minimize members' exposure to the pesticide.

e. In the event any inadvertent exposure to the pesticide occurs, comply with the following measures:

(1) If the pesticide is splashed directly in the eyes, immediately rinse both eyes with lukewarm water for at least fifteen (15) minutes or until relieved, If eyes are irritated or vision is not normal after fifteen minutes, seek medical assistance.

(2) If exposed skin comes in contact with the pesticide~ the skin should be immediately flushed with large amounts of water and any contaminated clothing should be washed with soap and water.

(3) Any member who experiences any adverse reaction to pesticide should call their doctor and/or the New York City Poison Control Center at (212) 764-7667 and also notify the Occupational Health Nursing Unit of the Medical Division at (718) 760-7644, or the Sick Desk.

3. Commanding officers will ensure that the contents of this order are brought to the attention of members of their commands.

4. Operations Order 29, series 2001 is REVOKED. BY DIRECTION OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONER

DISTRIBUTION
All Commands

OPERATIONS ORDER NO. 33

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Robert Lederman is an artist, writer and activist and is also the President of the street artist advocacy group, A.R.T.I.S.T.
Click here for an archive of A.R.T.I.S.T. related news articles on the Freedom Forum website

His essays and Op-Eds have appeared in hundreds of alternative publications as well as the Daily News, Penthouse, Africa Sun Times, Street News and The Shadow.
Lederman was falsely arrested 41 times for his anti-Giuliani activities and was never convicted of any of the charges. As a result of the arrests, he's won four Federal lawsuits and overturned three laws.
He is best known for having created hundreds of paintings of Mayor Giuliani as a Hitler like dictator which were carried in demonstrations throughout the eight years of the Giuliani administration. Images of his paintings and articles about his arrests and lawsuits have appeared on all of the major television networks hundreds of times as well as frequently appearing in the NY Times, Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, Newsweek, People, The Washington Post, LA Times and NY Magazine.

Robert Lederman,
President of A.R.T.I.S.T.
(Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics)
robert.lederman@worldnet.att.net

For a detailed exposition on the West Nile issue
http://www.nospray.org/
For an article on the Manhattan Institute go to
http://www.konformist.com/2000/rudyg.htm

If you would like to help oppose the spraying,
please write to the
No Spray Coalition
PO Box 334
Peck Slip Station
NYC, NY 10272-0334
or call the No Spray hotline at (718) 670-7110.

Any funds you can send to help continue the lawsuit
and this work are greatly appreciated.

Important Note:
Mr. Lederman has explained that his articles posted here are not to be taken as official statements by the No-Spray Coalition of which he is a member or of the "No-Spray" lawsuit in which he is a plaintiff.

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