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A public health hazard is going to rain down on Santa Cruz. Or a government conspiracy. Or maybe - now here’s a radical thought - The Man has found a prudent way to protect California’s multi-billion-dollar agricultural industry.

Such are the theories and fears zinging across the central coast over the state’s plans to control a tiny but voracious pest known as the light brown apple moth.

But he’s having a hard time selling that argument to Santa Cruz and Monterey county residents, who filed a lawsuit to stop the spraying and have complained in record numbers to their legislators.

Adding to the suspicion and ire is the manufacturer’s reluctance to fully disclose all the ingredients in the pheromone compound known as Checkmate, citing trade secrets.

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