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Our community has worked toward an organic, more healthy solution to concerns about West Nile and mosquitos.
In recent years, pesticide sprays have been used by the city as a response to West Nile.
Research shows the spray is ineffective. Mosquitoes emerge from standing water the next day. The spray does not kill larvae and does not kill all adult mosquitoes. It does kill their predators, dragonflies.
Inadequate notice of the spray has lead to overexposure. Residents are literally sprayed in the face as they cross streets walking babies, bicycling, or eat in sidewalk cafes.
The standing water removal program is not apparent. 311 calls to remove standing water have been ignored. If the city cannot remove standing water, the spray will be ineffective.
The Anvil spray used in past years contained chemicals which are endocrine disruptors. This category of insecticide, the synthetic pyrethroids, has been making headlines as new studies reveal alarming correlations with many illnesses. We should not spray this on our children until much more extensive, longer term studies show the spray is safe.
The spray is toxic to bees, fish, and all aquatic life.
The spray is toxic to dragonflies, which are the mosquito's natural predator. When the mosquito's predators are killed, there is an explosion in the mosquito population and the demand for more spraying.