No Spray News James Irwin |
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Newsletter Issues
March 11,
2002 |
April 15, 2002 Page 1: Columbia to Switch Mosquito Control |
May, 21, 2002 Page 1: City Council Temporarily Bans Mosquito |
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 RoundupPart 4: EPA Toxicologist Rips EPA’s Malathion Risk AssessmentPart 5: References and Explanatory Notes |
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An Exercise in Futility
One and a half hours after the county sprayed |
Why not deal with the REAL problem? |
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Links
(Informational, no endorsement implied)
Pesticide Toxicology Information
Journal of Pesticide Reform USA
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides USA
Extoxnet: (Extension Toxicology Network) OR USA database of pesticide effects
Pesticide Action Network Europe
Rachel Carson Council Info on pesticide effects, alternatives to pesticides USA
PEX: Human health and pesticide effects Europe
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus and Mosquito Control Practices State University of New York at Stony Brook
Blowing the Whistle on West Nile Virus Dr. Josehph Mercola "Pesticides pose a greater health threat than West Nile Virus."
Other Related
Violations of Label Directions in a SC Public Mosquito Spray Program, Lead to Loss of Pollinators (Bees) SC USA
Factsheets on Controlling Pests Without Pesticides Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides USA
Dragonflies are predators of mosquitoes, both as larvae in the water and as adults.
Spraying adulticides kills dragonflies. Here are some links to dragonfly information:
Documentation of cotton
spraying wiping out great numbers of dragonflies
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/thumb/thumb.htm
http://www.uta.edu/biology/robinson/bocanegra/images.htm
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