Note: James Irwin is no longer publishing the newsletter, but these issues are provided online as a public service

March 11, 2002
Page 1: Meet Your Tiger Mosquito
     What Are We Spraying For?
     How effective is Mosquito spraying?
   Page 2: Malathion-The Insecticide Sprayed Here
   Page 3: Malathion a Carcinogen?
Page 4: Is Ending Spraying Political Poison?
   Page 5 To Control Tiger Mosquito...
   Page 6: Mosquito Spraying and Bioterrorism
     Contamination Happens
   Page 7: Chemical and Biological Terrorism
     Sprayed Biological Agents Invade Residences
   Page 8: It's time to end Columbia's Toxic Tradition!
     City and County Contacts

April 15, 2002

   Page 1: Columbia to Switch Mosquito Control
     Insecticides.
   Page 2: Gulf War Syndrome
   Page 3: How "Perm"anent is "Perm"ethrin?
   Page 4: Spraying Ineffective, question value, failure in NY
   Page 5 Cornell also questions spraying, Atlanta says no
   Page 6: Epidemiologist recommends against spraying, even      during Fiji dengue epidemic.
   Page 7: The Media Conundrum
   Page 8: It's time to end Columbia's Toxic Tradition!
     City and County Contacts

May, 21, 2002

   Page 1: City Council Temporarily Bans Mosquito
     Spraying, Setting the Story Straight
Page 2: Mosquito Spraying and West Nile Virus
Page 3: Shift Away from Spraying for WNV
   Page 4: The Facts on WNV, One Time Deal,
     A Disease of Birds
   Page 5: A Startling Find in Louisiana
     Are Mosquitoes Here Resistant?
Page 6: Spray or Get Sued?
   Page 7: Meet Your Mosquitoes: Culex quinquefasciatus
     (southern house mosquito), Aedes vexans
   Page 8: Aedes albopictus (the tiger mosquito) and
     Psorophora ferox

March 8, 2003

Part 1: The Year West Nile Virus Arrived (sort of)

Part 2: More Questions About Spraying’s Effectiveness Against West Nile

Part 3: 2002 Local Mosquito Spraying Roundup

Part 4: EPA Toxicologist Rips EPA’s Malathion Risk Assessment

Part 5: References and Explanatory Notes

Adult Mosquito Laying Eggs in Container Water	Mosquito larvae in container water	Adulticide failure

One and a half hours after the county sprayed	Why not deal with the REAL problem?
	Water and litter-filled ditches!