[OldNorth] Mosquito insecticide spraying - another meeting tonight...

[Tim Allis]

For what it's worth, there is another informational meeting (beginning 
in a few minutes) sponsored by the Stop West Nile Spraying Now group at 
the Veterans' Memorial Center Club Room (203 E. 14th Street), 7:00 - 
9:00 pm tonight.

-- Tim Allis

Dan Quickert wrote:

> In case you haven't heard, they are planning to spray our 
> neighborhoods - that's your house - sometime very soon.
> Not well-publicized: there's a sign-up for "do not spray". website is:
>
> http://www.fightthebite.net/service_request/?noSpray=true
>
> There will be a meeting - "informational" - about the spraying, on 
> Tuesday Aug. 23 (tomorrow) at 7pm at the City Council chambers.
>
> They say they are just spraying with pyrethrins - but there's also an 
> additive, piperonyl butoxide. For some reason that information is hard 
> to find on their website... That chemical is an EPA suspected 
> carcinogen, and in my opinion may have endocrine and immune system 
> effects.
>
> I urge everyone to sign up for no-spray, and come to the meeting, if 
> you don't think the blanket use of insecticides is wise.
>
> Dan Quickert
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