West Nile Virus and Mosquito Control Practices Survey of

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Mosquito Control Practices and Less-Toxic Alternatives

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Tom Hemmick and Betty Hemmick

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Contents:

I –Highlights. 1

II – Hazards and Alternatives – are under-publicized 4

II-a. Filling the Information Gap 4

II-b. Media Omits the Hazards of Adulticides 4

II-c. Media Photos. 4

II-d. Sprays Are Not Safe . 5

III – Non-toxic Alternatives 6

III-a. Towns, Counties and States avoiding adulticide spraying:. 6

III-b. Other Maryland Non-toxic Examples: 9

III-c. Studies Promoting Non-toxic Alternatives (i.e. Prevention Methods) 10

III-d. CDC calls prevention steps “most effective”; adulticiding “least efficient”. 11

III-e. Other groups promoting non-toxic alternatives 12

IV - Toxicity 13

IV-a. Professors, Doctors and Scientists Against Spraying. 13

IV-b. The pesticides connection to Nerve Gas. 16

IV-c. Naled (Dibrom) Problems for Mosquito Control 17

IV-d. Measures of Toxicity. 18

IV-e. Naled and Permethrin Toxicity:. 19

IV-f. Making People Sick . 20

IV-g. Killing Fish and Crabs 22

V -- Improper Practices. 25

V-a. Federal Violations and Mistakes 25

V-b. Routine Spraying and Widespread Spraying are Improper. 27

VI – Conclusion 31

Appendix A -- Local Problems from Aerial Spraying. 33

Appendix B – New/Emerging Non-toxic Products. 34