Closing Bell: Pesticide Spraying Tomorrow
Tomorrow the Health Dept. plans to spray a large swath of Brooklyn with pesticide to try and reduce the adult mosquito population and therefore prevent West Nile Virus. Spraying will take place between 8:15 p.m. tomorrow night and 6 a.m. on Thursday within the following boundaries, which includes parts of Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and…
Tomorrow the Health Dept. plans to spray a large swath of Brooklyn with pesticide to try and reduce the adult mosquito population and therefore prevent West Nile Virus. Spraying will take place between 8:15 p.m. tomorrow night and 6 a.m. on Thursday within the following boundaries, which includes parts of Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and Windsor Terrace: Washington Avenue to the East; 20th Street, Prospect Park West, and Eastern Parkway to the North; 45th Street and 5th Avenue to the West; and Ft Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the South. According to the city, the Health Dept. “will use a very low concentration of Anvil®, 10 + 10, a synthetic pesticide. The use of pesticides in New York City is conducted in accordance with guidelines set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).” If the weather is bad tomorrow night, it’ll be rescheduled for Thursday evening.
I’d invite them to spray my house and backyard – it’s ridiculous the number of mosquitos around here.
Do neutron bombs kill mosquitos? ‘Cause let’s all leave Brooklyn for a weekend and set one of those babies off!
not happy about this. i’m in the park three times a day and have not had a mosquito problem.
they received calls about mosquitos in the Rockaways and decided to “preventatively” spew the Park with known cancer causing agents?
We live in an odd society where people scream bloody murder (and file numerous lawsuits) to stop/change a bike lane [for example]; but where mass spraying of pesticides across swaths of high density urban neighborhoods barely registers.
Mind you I am glad the city is spraying and have no real issue, I just find it weird what gets people agitated.
or, maybe i don’t have a money problem to worry about such nonsense 🙂
well, nyc has not tested positive for west nile, either through mosquito, bird, human, sentinel or veterinary. Long island has 5 positive mosquito results (no bird, human, sentinel, vet). So expose all our children, pets, not to mention wildlife to cancer causing agents, who cares, kill the little buggers! Maybe they should just present it as malaria prevention too.