Thursday, June 14, 2012

West nile spraying

  • As parents in Sacramento County, Calif., put their kids to bed on Monday and Tuesday night, a pair of planes flying overhead doused a 30,000-acre area with a fine mist of pesticides. The target of the repeated aerial assault: mosquitoes.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--June 14, 2012. Across the U.S., some communities are responding to the threat of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus (WNv) with aerial insecticide spray programs.
  • (eNews Park Forest)
  • SACRAMENTO, CA - Aerial spraying to attack the chain of West Nile Virus infection began Monday night. Two airplanes began delivering a pair of pesticides in tiny concentrations across 30,000 acres of Sacramento County.
  • (KXTV News10Net)
  • The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said crews will be in Kelayres today to apply treatments meant to curb West Nile virus.
  • (Standard Speaker)
  • mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile will undergo a controlled spray through early Friday, the city's compliance office announced. The area of southeast Dallas scheduled for spraying is north of C.F.
  • (Dallas Morning News)
  • When Maria Heilman contracted West Nile back in 2006, the illness nearly killed her. My whole body would go in convolutions and, just in the fetal position, it would just scream in pain. I was in so much pain, said Heilman.
  • (Fox40)
  • Requests for spraying to control mosquitoes are being taken by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. The program targets two potent mosquito-borne diseases: Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. A Raynham man died of EEE last year.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • Nearly 30 dead birds were found infected with West Nile in Sacramento County this year In the meantime, residents should use repellent if they are going to be outside.
  • (Elk Grove Citizen)
  • The city still won't spray this summer. But the city council this week approved a $33,750 contract to target mosquitoes prone to carry West Nile virus. The city will use tablets as ammunition instead of spraying.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)

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